Autumn Leaves
The air’s graze
In a wide clearing
Under a ripe sky.
Hints in the lines
Of these trees, around me,
In this windy square.
How the leaves flap
And tumble
With useless litter.
How much have I
To let drop
In this wind
Until I am as kind
As the sunlight
That strikes the bare branches?
Poetry Ireland Review Issue 119:
Poetry Ireland Review Issue 119 includes new poems by 48 poets including Frank Ormsby, John Kinsella, Rachel Coventry, Aifric Mac Aodha, Gerald Dawe, Alice Miller and Claire Potter. Also included are translations by Richard Begbie and Kirsten Lodge, an essay on Bishop, Lowell, Heaney and Grennan by David McLoghlin, and reviews of Paul Muldoon, Paul Durcan, Sarah Clancy, Medbh McGuckian, Kate Tempest, George the Poet, and many more. The issue also features photography by Hugh O'Conor, Dominic Turner, Sheila McSweeney, Fergus Bourke and John Minihan.