Arriving in Ireland to the Lovely Irish Rain
The flowering dogwoods, if that's what they are,
delineate a crisp white continent in a sea of green,
whether fahrty shades or merely tirtytree
is still a hotly debated question.
Being mercurial by nature, I have fortunately trained well
in the essential arts of bilateralism
so driving on the left, passing on the right,
comes easily enough
But when the sky, a thousand shades of grey
(there's no debate about that)
steps aside for the mottle of brilliant sun
on the fields and ancient stone fences
where ghosts of sod thatched cottages
idle in the lee of fine country homes
and the wee calves find peace with the lambs
sharing the fields in a way that only ungulates can teach us,
the brilliance of Irish landscape design
bursts forth and I must concentrate hard on the road
and the roundabouts and be a little bit thankful
for the lovely Irish rain.
10 May 2007
Tullamore
delineate a crisp white continent in a sea of green,
whether fahrty shades or merely tirtytree
is still a hotly debated question.
Being mercurial by nature, I have fortunately trained well
in the essential arts of bilateralism
so driving on the left, passing on the right,
comes easily enough
But when the sky, a thousand shades of grey
(there's no debate about that)
steps aside for the mottle of brilliant sun
on the fields and ancient stone fences
where ghosts of sod thatched cottages
idle in the lee of fine country homes
and the wee calves find peace with the lambs
sharing the fields in a way that only ungulates can teach us,
the brilliance of Irish landscape design
bursts forth and I must concentrate hard on the road
and the roundabouts and be a little bit thankful
for the lovely Irish rain.
10 May 2007
Tullamore
