foolish – Deuxiemepeau Poetry by Damien B. Donnelly

SIMPLE

Love is a simple thing- a jaded house waiting to be resold, to be a home again, you knock unexpectedly and I utter Enter, please, much like last time, already setting the table for two. Love is a simple thing fragile and foolish and forgetful. Love is a simple thing- a game of tennis, […]

A BIG BULL CAN BE JUST A BIG BAG OF BULL

I shouted at the TV last week, beyond the stilled fields recently ploughed of their prize, where now we wait and watch for new seeds where hope was replanted. I stopped to moo last week as you bellowed back at us from the not-so-stilled screen in our isolated living room- you’d be going to […]

Candy Floss

I am falling All around you, Not sure Who is more senior Or sensible. I thought you needed To be cradled In arms But found it to be I who was held- Your fingers running through my hair, Your breath against my neck, Your body wrapped around me And somehow I am comforted In this […]