Liz O'Donoghue

Moonlit Night in Dunquin

after all day in Krugers


The brimming ocean
the silver sea
a dark man lying
on the horizon
a white woman
on his thigh
a beautiful
white skinned woman.

Looking south
towards Iveragh
the seer beside me
mapped those nights
of ecstasy
by the stars
‘the sea
their silken sheet

a soft climax
at the shore
whorls of
sea-green loving
the motion of
the restless woman
the endless motion
of the restless woman
…’

Liz O'Donoghue

"Moonlit Night in Dunquin" is from Train To Gorey (Arlen House, 2009).

First posted on May 10, 2011 6:37 AM