“Sunrise in the Irish Sea, dawn over Dublin Bay after a stormy night, one shivering star; and I picture the harsh waking everywhere, the devastations of a world at war, airfields, radio silence, a darkened convoy strung out in moonlight on a glittering sea.”
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Poet, Derek Mahon was born on November 23, 1941, and passed away on the same day. more
“I am often upset when I meet a person again.”
“But something that should have been going on had not gone on: something had not happened.”
“Perhaps it wasn't beating because it had broken clean through and stopped”
“As Orion took a step closer, they wrapped their arms around each other in a miserable huddle.”
“Shadows stretch across the room. Silence hums. All wait for the first ray of dawn.”