My mind’s eye keen
I drink in the green
Of fields and forest
These places seen
Pathways known
Deep in my bones
To lonesome towers
I go and stand
My heart grows fast
In oak lands vast
Long turned to stone
Still glints in sand
Tenderness haunts my soul
Alone
In this dark and emerald land
First published in The Galway Review JAN 8, 2025
https://thegalwayreview.com/2025/01/08/amanda-niamh-dawson-three-poems/