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As we head towards lock-down In these days of heightened tensions Seeing the first peacock butterfly of the season Was a moment of rare epiphany I wondered was it just as carefree It seems that we, who look so robust, Gearoid O’Brien |
| GEAROID O’BRIEN a native of Athlone was born in 1955. His poetry has been widely published, most recently in Crannog 50 (Galway), Boyne Berries 25 (Trim), Abridged (Derry), Revival (Limerick), Ropes (Galway), The Shot Glass Journal (USA), StepAway Magazine, The Stony Thursday Book (Limerick) and the anthology ‘I Live in Michael Hartnett’. He won the Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition in 2013 and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2016. He is a founder member of Athlone Writers Group. |