Mark Whelan

Mark Whelan is a regular reader at the White House Poetry Revival sessions. Born in Limerick, his first collection, Scarecrow Diptych (Anam Press, 2002), was a collaboration with Limerick artist John Shinnors. He has published in various reviews including Cyphers and The Stony Thursday Book. Most recent collections include, Always Pushing the Pull Door (Revival Press, 2007), Brighton Suite (Pighog Press, 2010) and The Sear of Wounds (Doghouse,2012).

POEM

(1)

SOLSTICE

i

bring her to speech

                    vanguish her

the rare one to mind

          the still one to heart

the gone one to words

/...(opening lines)(*)

POEM

(2)

MEMORY OF NEW AMSTERDAM

(For Teddi Durac)

I flew and swam and ducked

A heron glistening

With fallen rain

Over the port of New Amsterdam

/... (opening lines)("")

LINKS

Margaret Mary Glasgow