Long Moira Poems

Two new crutches and two double shots of Bushmills Irish Whiskey enabled Joe Faherty to move from the back seat of Moira Murphy's 1976 Buick into Eagan's Funeral Home for Tim McGillicuddy's wake. At 87,...

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I am the greatest adventurer the world will ever know,
Just take my hand and off we'll go.
I have been to the mines of Moira,
To the very center of paranoia.
I have been to London and France,
I...

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...Ray had pushed himself to become a kind man,
so he agreed to a few quick questions,
but the reported treated the sit-down
almost as if it were an intervention,
said,”People know you feel your guilt is earned,
but the...

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by Michaelw1two

inspired by word works of Void Opus

 all for you, superannuated, desiccated erudition,
 this propagation scribed, this apotheosis odium;
 under eructate flames, under the epitome of,
 euphonious, promulgated magniloquent inception;
 of the Maker’s exuberant...

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Not conscious of infinities blast Big Bang into reality our matter hurled 
The Moira in our ancient past held us captive in this world

The blessings are the curses in every man’s situation
A profound secret and...

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Moses and his sweet Molly Mouse 
have a puzzling dilemma.
They have used all the names they know
from Marvalee to Maryemma.

They have followed all mouse name rules.
Each must begin with letter em.
After their hundreds of babies,
they...

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‘ The Highland Horse … Named Uisge Beatha’ ’

Hie’  Away, Hie’  Away
O’er Heather and Gorse
Strode A Magnificent Bay
The Highland Horse …

In the Cold Scottish – Air
On His Back, Kilt – Clad
By Loch and...

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Finest Hour
Glasgow guitar band His latest Flame                            ...

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Mother duck Moira
Had her eggs in the nest
She sat on the incubate
 
Mother duck was stressed
All her eggs had passed their expiry date
She was told by  midwife Stace
Still Moira sat on her eggs
She was...

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Evening found me sitting in the kitchen, feeling down,
my parents and my elder brothers all out on the town.,
leaving me to babysit, a dull end to the year,
too old for early bedtime, legally too young...

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As the day comes to a close
Dwindling shorter
Each and every single day
As the warmth leaves our mouths
Materializing into winter spirits
As fall leaves us
And winter is welcomed like an old friend
As the earth proceeds on its...

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Moria was confident
But not puffed up
No one would have called her proud
Or any other disparaging name

We gravitated toward her quickly and easily
Like ducks to ducklings 
or a lioness to her injured cub

Moria’s listening heart was...

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Stephen is Libby Clegg’s younger brother, 
Their other brother is James - all 3 at Rio, 
Because they all have Stargardt’s Disease, 
A deteriorating eye condition that's genetic. 

Their mother is Moira who lives in...

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The Irises

Moira arranged  
bearded Irises
in the roman vase 
and set them 
in the living room window. 
The forest makes a perfect 
backdrop for the huge blooms. 

Deep royal purple of ancient wine
crushed in warm...

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