Misjudging Poltergeists
Washing line fandango
11:54am
clothes bashing, then catching,
wetting flowers in aftermaths of rage
let’s blame this stealth of silver-coloured wind
bringer of war, life, self-merriment
invisible in its lone sadness
John Doyle is 39 and from County Kildare, Ireland. He was educated at N.U.I. Maynooth where he recieved a B.A. in English and Anthropology, and an M.A. in English. His writing is influenced by Harry Smart, Susan Wicks, Jim Craven, and Thom Gunn, and recently he also began to write in Irish and Catalan.