Down in the valley
by Marcin Malek
There is a valley
between the Ballina and Sligo
where birds and humans
are fading with delight
There is a valley
where mist
is composed of the last breaths
of those who dear
to enter its gates
Christ himself
walks along its sharp ridges
to stroke with a wounded hand
heathers fur
and rocks of the glen
Those who have fallen
into its trap
acquired a knowledge
of the dimension of time
A lot like in Newgrange
when the light
meets the nail hole
only for a few gasps
Then – and then only
seven steps is enough
valley will release
every wondering soul
as sundew stray young
But tomorrow – again
between the Ballina and Sligo
people and gulls from the shore
will glow in the eyes of unknown
as self-confident
refugees from the beyond
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Sappho To Her Girlfriends by Sappho
- On the Grasshopper (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- The Grey Rock by William Butler Yeats
- Spring & Fall: To A Young Child poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Tears, Idle Tears poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Diary of a Palestinian Wound by Mahmoud Darwish
- Robert Burns: Sweet Tibbie Dunbar:
- Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806 by William Wordsworth
- In Memory Of My Mother by Patrick Kavanagh
- “Sadder than lark when lowering” poem – Alfred Austin
- Sonnet 122: Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain by William Shakespeare
- Smiling Buddha by Satish Verma
- Robert Burns: Masonic Song:
- Ольга Берггольц – 27 января 1945 года
- In the Carpenter’s Shop by Sara Teasdale
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