"She has words for such days- wood byacinth,

aurora borealis, Harley-Davidson-either

ethereal beauty or a fast-flying escape."

"she pulls their eyes away from the hill,

their feet, towards town.

On the way down, she remembers the first

time he hit her."

Inspired by, and lines taken from

"Adam and Eve on a Winter Afternoon"

by Carmelita Mc Grath

Inspired by, and lines taken from

"For the First Time in Months, She Feels Her Feet"

by Carmelita Mc Grath

"They name me Mother of all this grief

though mated to no mortal man."

"Out in the garden, night-scented stock

breathes next to the deck

and the moon

is a suggestion three-quarters full

like me; the night is redolent

with scent . . . ideas . . . provocations:

too bad you're not here."

Inspired by, and lines taken from,

"The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks"

by Paula Meehan

Inspired by, and lines taken from,

"Summer Night Heat"

by Carmelita Mc Grath

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