Best Poems Written by William Rose

Oiche Shamhna DHR

The temperature is changing
Rains become a common event

On a morning’s day fog
Where the cool clouds accent

Collecting peat for the fire
A hearth built on November’s eve

Scratch the flint stones quickly
To start the blaze of unity

Add some twigs and dry grass
Throw in your problems too

Set aside your fadhbanna
Keep your focus on good days through

Peer across the room for her visage
Connect those suns in the galaxy

Pledge one’s hand across the room
Meeting a woman who speaks sweet fallacy

 Welcome her gaze in the dance
A frolic around the pyre

Touching souls we stared at lovingly 
No words, just pure desire

Embraces and side glances
Twirls, treble, and side steps

Jigs, clicks, and arches
Brought the two of us to depths

We sat down at the table
Grabbed a piece of Bairin Breac

She searched for a gorgeous ring
As I just enjoyed the cake

We laughed and shared this moment
Gazing into eternity

Caried the plate outside
A treat provided to Aos Sí

The empty chair beside me
A plate for aunt Áine

Rest my Gaelic god mum
Along the banks of Shannon’s lane

A tear fell down my face
As her hand reached and wiped away

She pulled me to the hatch
And pushed the door astray

We walked amid the turnips 
Skeleton men welcoming family

Guarding against the Sluagh
Closed the west windows with strategy

As the ember glitter failed
The quiet hours near end

I peered across the table 
My múirnín stills transcends

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