Desmond o Grady
1935 2014 RIP
You shone a light on poetry
in a city that had none,
As you set out across the
globe to share your word,
From a boarding school in
limerick learning was fun,
Across the world your poetry
was heard,
Always with a wry smile
knowing all who listened,
Would Basque in all you had
to say,
Never forgetting your home
where poetry you christened,
And a place where your heart
would always stay,
Having done with traveling
and teaching, to a poet’s life,
Retiring to a cottage near
all you held dear,
Writing of past lives of love
happiness and strife,
Places lived where skies were
so clear,
Gathering years, age followed
as youth faded,
Collections of poetry sitting
on libraries, shelved,
Your poetry shouts read me
unaided,
Thought provoking from your
mind where you delved,
Your last journey finally
taken this day,
No suitcase packed just pen
in hand,
Desmond o Grady never afraid
to have his say,
No finer poet or teacher will
hereafter stand.
Christy o Donnell
Just my way of saying RIP
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