Irish Poetry

Medbh McGuckian - Captain Lavender (clothbound)

Poem from Captain Lavender (1995) by Medbh McGuckian

Captain Lavender

Night-hours. The edge of a fuller moon
waits among the interlocking patterns
of a flier's sky.

Sperm names, ovum names, push inside
each other. We are half-taught
our real names, from other lives.

Emphasise your eyes. Be my flare-
path, my uncold begetter,
my air-minded bird-sense.

$15.95
1995   83 pages
clothbound
ISBN 978-0-916390-67-9