Tá mo dhúil sa dúlra ag filleadh ar ais.
I’m luí sa gháirdín s’ag ag siúl taobh clais.
I lár páirce, ag stánadh suas sa spéir,
ag snámh cois cladaigh amuigh faoin aer.
Ag éistecht le ceol binn, milis na n-éan.
Ag cumadh m’amhráin bhunúsacha fhéin.
Ag ollamhú béilte bhreátha blasta.
Ag cur ord ar an tigh, chuile rud snasta.
Airím uaim mo cháirde s’mo chlann.
Tá ceol, craic s’an comhluadar gann.
Ach tiocfaidh an saol ar ais i réim,
níos fearr ná a riamh, céim ar chéim.
Ní ceart ná cóir brú a chuir ort fhéin.
Glac faoiseamh, glac sos, bí foighdeach, bí séin.
Fréamhaigh do phlandaí. Breathnaigh orthu ag fás.
Glac é go réidh é. Seas siar ón rás.
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I was trying to study at the computer the other day but try as I might I simply could not apply my mind to the task at hand. I was getting frustrated with myself when a few lines as Gaeilge came into my head, further distracting me! I decided to abandon my studies for the day rather than beat myself up over my inability to apply myself to them and focused my mind instead on the lines rattling around my head.
We live in strange, unprecedented times and we should go easy on ourselves, take pleasure from simple things and look after our mental wellbeing. The poem I wrote reflects on that and is entitled ‘Dianghlasáil’
I’m new to Writing poetry but thought that seeing as I’m out of work I’d send it in to a few places and see what happens.
Le gach dea-ghuí,
Mark Ó Coigligh
For “new to writing poetry” Mark you’ve done very well. I especially like your rhyming couplets. And you know you don’t need the constraints of rhyme either as you go on to write, (I hope), more poetry, in Irish and in English.
Beir bua! Maire