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| Image | Phil Evenden |
Mosaic of Gray
The Burren, Ireland
Stretched out on a slab of limestone,
I see boulders scattered
as if a giant’s game of marbles was cut short.
Listening closely, I hear chatter in the wind.
Could lie here forever and dream.
Between the massive stones
purple wildflowers emerge,
glorious in their achievement.
A lone snail, cloaked in mother-of-pearl
glides across the karst landscape.
Is she headed to the famine road,
echoes of a dark chapter,
or back to the safety of a fissure?
In this tranquil place, I feel inspired to create
another lasting impression…a tune.
An ode to the Burren,
a mosaic of gray on a verdant island.
© Patricia McCue
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| Patricia McCue |
Patricia McCue is a retired teacher of middle school science. Her poems have appeared in Woods Reader, Poetry Breakfast, Nature of Our Times, and various anthologies. In her free time, she studies and plays Traditional Irish Music on the violin.
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