New Poetry by Donal Mahoney

An Easter Rising

 

Poetry by priests?

Who gives it more than mock attention?

We read their poems, yes,

author first, then the title,

finally the verse itself.

Not much, except for Hopkins.

We wait for Rome, you see,

to give us in addition to its saints

one more decent poet.

A sot once said

“When things get bad enough,

you will see a Celt,

armed with a quiver of poems,

ride flaming out of the hills, 

soaring over the lakes,

wearing a rainbow for a Roman collar.”

Things are bad enough right now by half.

We need to hear his gallop soon.

 

 

 - Donal Mahoney 2015

Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri. He writes poetry and fiction. Some of his earliest work can be found at http://booksonblog12.blogspot.com