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At last we've reached the season for poems to flower! With the spring equinox just past, it's time to jumpstart your creativity and kick start those suggestions on how to stir the present into eternity via a poem. Our poem this week comes from Frank Harrington, who was inspired by, a reflective walk through Fitzgerald Park in Cork.
In FitzGerald Park Cork
Warm rays of sun hit the Lee
And shimmered the surface away,
Shaded by a tall old tree-
We rested in the Riverview café.
Towards Shakin' Bridge the water meandered
Past the shaded memorials to so many who died.
The murders of Irish UN soldiers had angered
The city they had served with such pride!
Inside glass cases, under bright lights,
The stirring story of Cork city was told
From early sea faring to fearful nights,
Rising ore stone, to butter, silver and gold!
A revolver used by Cork's famous son -
Who we wondered did him betray -
We gazed on the Michael Collins' gun
Before resting in the Riverview cafe!
All the history we saw formed the past
And reminded us that man must decay,
That little we have is intended to last,
So sit and reflect in the Riverview Cafe!
© Frank Harrington
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