non forgotten-
woven light
of breath
ask of the forgiving ice
from out of which the blood is birthed
ask then of the silenced ash
rubbed into wounds
like scars
scatter the dead pelt non-forgotten
nothing has claimed
nothing
Michael Mc Aloran was Belfast born, (1976). His work has appeared in various anthologies & print and online zines. He has authored a number of chapbooks, including The Gathered Bones, (Calliope Nerve Media), Final Fragments, (Calliope Nerve) & Unto Naught, (Erbacce-Press). A full length collection of poems, Attributes, was published by Desperanto, (NY), in 2011. Of Dead Silences is forthcoming from VOX Press & Lapwing Publications, (Ireland), will also be publishing a collection of his poems in 2012. He runs a new blogzine, Bone Orchard Poetry.