We have
half moon defences crumbling on cliffs,
and books of invasions.
Our castles
will be built of bones.
From the book, 'Castles of Bones', by Patrick Egan (Cardiff, Woodville Press, 2000).
Patrick Egan, from Westmeath, spent many years in Cardiff. A fluent Irish speaker, he was one of the founders
of ‘Comhluadar Caerdydd’, the Cardiff Irish Language Group which launched the Wales Famine Forum.
He now lives in Ireland.
The Green Dragon No 10, Spring 2002
Another poem by this author:
Recalling the churches in Normandy
An article by this author:
James Clarence Mangan