Boom Hall
It is the winter
Of an empty voice.
The broken bell
A hanging tongue
From dry stone wall,
The doorway mouth
A silent witness
Of all the years,
It was a place
Of breath, and
In its window
A black crow sings
The song of ageless
Death, far out along
These darkening banks.
Alone and still
The old house rests;
Two hundred winters
By a riverside.
Eamonn McGinty
Poem
Moderator: Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
-
- guest photographer & writer
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:15 pm
- Location: derry, ireland
- Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
- site owner, media producer & writer
- Posts: 2186
- Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:32 am
- Location: Derry, Ireland
- Contact:
Re: Poem
That really is a wee gem of a poem Eamonn. It conjours up all those days, around this time of the year, when summer has slept through autumn and wakened in winter to the chills beginning to rise.Eamonn McGinty wrote:Boom Hall
It is the winter
Of an empty voice.
The broken bell
A hanging tongue
From dry stone wall,
The doorway mouth
A silent witness
Of all the years,
It was a place
Of breath, and
In its window
A black crow sings
The song of ageless
Death, far out along
These darkening banks.
Alone and still
The old house rests;
Two hundred winters
By a riverside.
Eamonn McGinty
Boom Hall, what an enchanted place. I hope they never knock it down. In fact, I think we should all begin a campaign to have it listed, protected and refurbished. It would make a prime location for many local film companies seeking 19th Century settings, and create several much needed job opportunities for trades people and trainees...
Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
Administrator, editor & owner of the Sensitize © online community of forums and domain for artists, e-poets, filmmakers, media/music producers and writers working through here. To buy the Kindle book of Illustrated Poetry, Sensitize © - Volume One / Poems that could be Films if they were Funded by myself with illustrations by Welsh filmmaker and graphic artist; Norris Nuvo click here for N. Ireland and UK sales. If purchasing in the U.S.A. or internationally then please click here.
ASIN B00L1RS0UI
My writing is not covered by Creative Commons policy and may not be republished without permission. All rights reserved. All Sensitize © Arts sponsorship donations and postal inquiries to:
Louis P. Burns
42 Farland Way
DERRY
N. Ireland.
BT48 0RS
Telephone (UK): 028 71219225
Click here to Join Sensitize © Arts via Facebook or to contact the site owner: Louis P. Burns aka Lugh with any forum hosting or site related inquiries.
Administrator, editor & owner of the Sensitize © online community of forums and domain for artists, e-poets, filmmakers, media/music producers and writers working through here. To buy the Kindle book of Illustrated Poetry, Sensitize © - Volume One / Poems that could be Films if they were Funded by myself with illustrations by Welsh filmmaker and graphic artist; Norris Nuvo click here for N. Ireland and UK sales. If purchasing in the U.S.A. or internationally then please click here.
ASIN B00L1RS0UI
My writing is not covered by Creative Commons policy and may not be republished without permission. All rights reserved. All Sensitize © Arts sponsorship donations and postal inquiries to:
Louis P. Burns
42 Farland Way
DERRY
N. Ireland.
BT48 0RS
Telephone (UK): 028 71219225
Click here to Join Sensitize © Arts via Facebook or to contact the site owner: Louis P. Burns aka Lugh with any forum hosting or site related inquiries.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests