New Day

by Paddy Donoghue

Air full of spring scents
dismissing stark winter blues
shattered by shell fire

Reproduced with kind permission of the author. This poem was composed in a Poetry as Commemoration workshop held at Sligo County Library in October 2023.  The workshop was led by writer Terry McDonagh.

Themes

1916 , 1916 Rising , Dublin , English Language , Sligo , Urban , Violence , War of Independence , Workshop Poem