Bayonet scrape marks –
Traces of young bored sentries ~
Local Girls distract.
Their Queen, many years later –
Speaking Irish, amongst friends.
Dublin Castle
Tag: History
Retirement Party
Victorian Pub –
Stories stored in its timber ~
Nice curve on that bar.
August 1914
Looking for meaning –
Centenary awaited ~
Just another day.
Renaissance
Amongst monuments –
Mature commemoration ~
Deceptively new.
Lugh
Sun God reaching down –
Ireland renewed once again ~
Giza’s empty plain.
Image courtesy of Dave Walsh.
States
Such a big country –
Still finding itself, daily ~
With many canyons.
Lessons
Knap flints on the beach –
Show kids how to make an edge ~
Perhaps not that wise.
1913
With centenaries –
Things pass into history ~
Rivers reach The Sea.
Tumbledown
How to remember?
When half your brain’s on the hill –
Forever British…
Evocation
Overhead, props buzz –
The destination – unknown ~
Grandfather’s stories.
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