New Poetry by Donal Mahoney

Wooden Anniversary

She uncradles the phone with a lyric

for someone who might be calling

if I weren't calling again from work,

who would be calling, she says,

if five years ago I hadn't

promised her me.

Five years ago she believed me

and now she has children, four,

a house, my calls each noon.

Five years ago she lied to herself

as I napped on her parents' porch,

silent yet screaming the truth.

- Donal Mahoney 2012

Silver Anniversary

There beyond the shrub

the sun medallions on the grass

around a python and boar,

the python winding.

Through binoculars I see

the python work so slow.

The boar now knows

what I learned long ago.

To go this way

takes years.

- Donal Mahoney 2012

Donal Mahoney has had work published in various print and electronic publications in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Some of his earliest work can be found at http://booksonblog12.blogspot.com/