Unexpectedly
My neighbour
opens her window
for fresh salty air
Along the lough
the first ferry in daylight
skims silently by
A strange bird
with brilliant markings
soars by my window—
I imagine a miracle
that carries illness away.
Tim Dwyer’s debut collection, Accepting The Call (templarpoetry.com), has won the Straid Collection Award. His Japanese form and longer poetry appears in Irish, UK and international journals and anthologies. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, he now lives in Bangor, Northern Ireland.