First Love in a Time of Pandemic Lockdown. A poem by Breda Wall Ryan

Two heads
incline
in wordless
tête-ὰ-tête

X-locked
arms
behind
identical
logoed backs
Gap & Gap

say this
can’t last

……………

Breda Wall Ryan lives by the sea in Bray, Co Wicklow, an excellent place to cocoon. In a Hare’s Eye (Doire Press 2015) won the Shine/Strong Award 2016. Her most recent collection is Raven Mothers (Doire Press 2018). website: bredawallryan.com