Poem of the Week: Pledge

A poem by Vincent Woods

Vincent Woods. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

Vincent Woods

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 05:00

For Monica

Eternity is now:
A blackbird at the window
A man digging for lugworms by the sea
A walk to an island

Above us and within us a vast murmuration wheeling over the house
skimming the light

And shining out of darkness a gold ring glinting like music

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May 1st, 2019

Vincent Woods directs the Iron Mountain Festival in Co Leitrim. Borderlines (with Henry Glassie) was published in 2018. He is a member of Aosdána