Poem in Drawn to the Light

I am delighted to announce that my poem, "Perpetuum Mobile," was published in the Drawn to the Light journal. It came out last month. Thanks to the editor, Orla Fay, for accepting the poem. You can get the latest issue of the journal here. https://drawntothelightpress.com/issues/

Here's the poem. I made some slight changes to the poem that was actually published in the journal.

Perpetuum Mobile

for Máire Fitzgerald

A sun wheel breaks through clouds

over the headland.

Caves are punched through bare rock

as waterfalls run down

like fingers tracing the cliff.

Our boat rides

over each swell

and the water is stippled by rain.

There is a suffice of surf

whitening the waves. Salt tangs my face.

Dolphins cut the surface

with their fins,

spin, play around

and under our boat,

jump over it.

All in motion

as nothing rests.

There is a stillness

in the choppy sea

and it’s constant turning.

Diarmuid Fitzgerald