The Day of the Dead
I burn Mexico.
I have lit the old candle
which I got six years ago
in Cuernavaca.
So much love
in the eye of a flame.
It is as though –
those I hold most dear
and can never hold again
are here.
It is as though, the petals
of a thousand yellow flowers,
are scattered
between earth and heaven.
Maureen Weldon performs her poems with live music. Her poems have appeared in many small press magazines, including : Poetry Scotland; Drey; Crannog; Sons of Camus International Journal 2011,( winning her an award.)