Slievemore, Deserted Village, Achill, 2011
It is not a silence
but a removal of words
to be amongst those places
that have been left.
The slabs and stones and roofless.
The ever doorways.
There is light
like the movement of water over black soil.
There is light
in dark rooms.
This is our achievement;
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Joseph Horgan was born in Birmingham of Irish immigrant parents. He is the author of two collections of poetry and a prose work. He is a past winner of The Patrick Kavanagh Award. He writes a weekly column for The Irish Post.