pert behind
peering out of a too short skirt
the flimsiest excuse of a knickers

haiku by Dónall Dempsey
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THE WORLD ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH(anniversary poem)

Without your love

the world is only

the world

& the world

isn't good enough.

poem by Dónall Dempsey
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butterfly goes off into the sunset
baby falls asleep
Mum goes back to reading Auden

haiku by Dónall Dempsey
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Full Of Empty

an empty
barrel of
snow

snow lots and lots of
silence
the occasional footprints of a crow

poem by Dónall Dempsey
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Old blonde
drops fag in her martini.
Sound of loneliness.
Nobody interested
in her tired old body.

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Trying To Find Sleep

Trying to find sleep
in what was once our bed

I find only
the memory of you

and crying

sleep on the floor.

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NOTHING ON (for Janice)

Naked brown lady

running about my mind

running in and out

amongst my thoughts

nothing on my mind

but you

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BItter & twisted
an aged tree reached for the sky
grabbed a bird to wear
a ring upon a finger
tree now a singer

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bottom of the stairs
red red roses in a vase
I srace to the top
red red roses in a vase
seem to get there before me

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ah the poetry of
chocolate and a warm body
both of them melting
at the tip of a hot tongue
...gentle touch of a lover

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