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Donall Dempsey Aug 2018
A GHAOTH ANEAS!
( O SOUTH WIND! )

My six year old father
stares from a photograph

splendid in  his sailor suit
standing outside time.

He will not survive
Ypres.

There is no photograph to show
him as a soldier.

Mother couldn't bear them.
Burned them.

She forever talking to
him in her head

loving his Devonshire
accent.

A thrush is singing from behind
enemy lines.

Spring can't understand
humans and their ways

dresses the trees
in their freshest  green.

"Jack...Jack Jack!" she cries
to the wind from the south.

A Ghaoth Aneas!
( O South Wind )

"Sin chugaibh mo phóg ar rith ins an ród
Leigim le seol gaoithe í."

( Here goes my kiss to you rushing along the road
I send it on the wings of the wind.)
South Wind was written in the 1700s by Domhnall Meir-geach Mac Con Mara( "Freckled Donal Macnamara" )in homesickness for his homeland( after he was banished for some 'misdoings' )in County Mayo. This sublime melody has a very Carolan-ish air about it...essence of my Irish childhood. I used to hum it to myself for comfort when my sister Junie was killed in a bus crash back in the world of '67.

A Ghaoth Aneas!

A Ghaoth Aneas na mbraon mbog glas
A ní gach faiche féarmhar
Bheir iasc ar eas is grian i dteas
Is líon is meas ar ghéagaibh

Más síos ar fad mar mbínn féin seal
Is mianach leat-sa séide
Cuirim Rí na bhFeart dhod chaomhaint ar neart
‘S túir don tír sin blas mo bhéil-se!

Sínim aneas ag díonamh cleas
Nach ndíonann neach san saol so
Mar íslím gaimh is scaoilim leac
Is díbrim sneachta as sléibhte

Ó taoi tú ar lear go bhfuí tú mo neart
‘S gur mian liom do leas a dhéanamh
Go bhfúigfe mé mo bheannacht ins gach aon tslí ar mhaith leat
Is choíche i gCathair Éamoinn!

A Chonnachta an tseoid, an tsuilt ‘s an spóirt
I n-imirt ‘s i n-ól an fhíona
Sin chugaibh mo phóg ar rith ins an ród
Leigim le seol gaoithe í

Tá mise beo i mboige na seod
Mar a mbrúitear gach sórt bídh dhom
Ach is mian liom fós tarraing d’bhur gcomhair
Muna gcluine mé ach ceól píopa!

O South Wind!

O South Wind with the soft clear drops
You that make every sword grassy
Bring the fish to the waterfall, give heat to the sun
And abundance of fruit to the branches

If it is far to the north where I once lived
That you are minded to blow
May the King of Power preserve your strength
And give the taste of my mouth to that country!

I blow from the south, performing feats
Which no one else on earth can do
For I lay winter low and scatter the ice
And banish the snow from the mountains

Since you are in need you shall have my strength
And I want nothing more than to help you
I shall leave my blessing in every place you choose
And always in Cathair Éamoinn!

O blissful, joyous, sporting Connacht
Home of gaming and of wine-drinking
Here goes my kiss to you rushing along the road
I send it on the wings of the wind

I am living in splendid luxury
Where every kind of food is dressed for me
But yet I am fain to draw towards you
If I should hear but the music of the pipes!
Keith Grubb Nov 2016
carbon dust and asphalt

cruel sun and trash

acid breeze is smoky

crumpled bits of cash



cardboard in his fingers

black from vanished soap

he thinks of different times

and evil torment hope



the linen was so soft

she was flowers in the air

on damp concrete he dreams

of wind in her hair
Johnny Noiπ Jun 2018
saltem unus ☉

And     in the light of the sun

in the wind
I was online for free
In the news, torrential rain
Publio
| round
(To sleep naked) (in her) Magical bra
\ For a (0) and midnight (rider) through the  / Desert,
where a man is hidden who drives the machine,
what they give he takes  
looking at the ground                      like
shadow cannons; imagine
They are not a parish, beginning
with the history of pure and              natural enough to ****;
[                            ] On the radio on the table is
language (To sleep naked) (to in ur magical bra
For a (woman from)   the desert at midnight (the) / Desert,
where the man is hidden
who manages the machines,
what they give, he looks at the floor like
he's eyeing   the          shades of shadows; imagining
They are not a parish, beginning with the
history of pure and natural enough, to ****;
[                 ]         language
/ Mars (left) felt (                   ) \
Opposed / there                   (your spine is curled
in a          corner like a snake; )  the Angel of Einstein's Cross
(|) Sleeps w/         his    friend's daughter
The class started looking at    
The lights of the tree;          Mary ran   screaming
Even though kissing him is        .        (|) Paradise; it's like kissing the devil
result
the way of the part of the
the pregnant girl as the wind that falls; the four walls blocking the  
violent   winds
      )|(                  has
Angus i                   bhfianaise na gréine sa ghaoth
Bhí mé ar líne saor in aisce
Sa nuacht,                              torrential báisteach
Publio =
| babhta mar an    ghaoth ag titim; gaoithe balla

(A chodladh naked) (|) Magical Bra
\ Do (|) agus mean oíche (|) /
Desert, áit a bhfuil fear i bhfolach
Thiomáineann sé an meaisín, cad a thugann siad, tá sé cosúil leis an talamh
gunnaí scáth; samhlaigh
You stopped iad, ag tosú le stair íon agus nádúrtha go leor chun a mharú;
[                 |  ] Ar an raidió Ar an         mbord
teanga
Opposé / là (votre colonne vertébrale
coin; ) Angel, Einstein
(    ☉   )|(   ☉   ) Dort un ami avec sa fille
The classe a commencé      à chercher
Les lumières de l'arbre Maria criaient
Well qu'il soit (                       ) Paradise embrassant,
         le diable
/ Mar () bhraith (                 ) \
Opposed / there (do spine
cinnamon; ) Angel, Einstein
(|) Cabhraíonn cara lena iníon
Thosaigh an rang ag féachaint
Bhi soilse an chrainn Mary ag screamadh
Cé go bhfuile sé (      ☉ (|) ☉      ) Paradise pógadha,
an diabhalo
toradh
an bealach den chuid den
cailín ag iompar clainne
Donall Dempsey Aug 2024
A GHAOTH ANEAS!
( O SOUTH WIND! )

my six year old father
stares from
a photograph

splendid
in his sailor suit
standing outside time

he will
not survive
Ypres

there is no photograph
to show
him as a soldier

mother couldn't
bear them
burned them

she forever talking to
him in her head loving
loving his Devonshire accent

a thrush is singing
from behind
enemy lines

Spring can't understand
humans and their ways
dresses the trees

in their freshest green.
"Jack...Jack Jack!" she cries
to the wind from the south.

A Ghaoth Aneas!
( O South Wind )
"Sin chugaibh mo phóg

ar rith ins an ród
Leigim
le seol gaoithe í" *

"here goes my kiss to you
to you rushing along the road
I send it on the wings of the wind"
Johnny Noiπ Jun 2018
Et à la lumière du soleil dans le vent
J'étais en ligne gratuitement
Dans les nouvelles,                            pluie torrentielle
Publio
| rond
(Pour dormir nu) ((                      )) Soutien-gorge
                  magique
Pour un (                     ) et minuit (                    ) /    Desert,
où un homme est caché
S'il conduit la machine,  
                                     ce qu'ils donnent,                il regarde le sol comme
canons d'ombre; imaginer
Ils ne sont pas une paroisse,                          à commencer par
                         l'histoire du pur et                    naturel assez pour         tuer;
[] À la radio Au tableau
langue (Dormir nu) (                    ) soutien-gorge magique
Pour un (                       ) et minuit (                   ) / Désert, où un homme est
                                caché
S'il                      ­                      gère la machine,
     ce qu'ils donnent,
                                   il regarde le sol                        
comme
nuances d'ombres;
                           imaginer
Ils ne sont pas une paroisse,
                  à commencer

                           par l'histoire du pur et
                                        naturel               ­       assez, pour tuer;
[              ] À la radio Au tableau
langage
/ Mar (                                     ) ressenti (                               ) \
Opposé / là (votre colonne vertébrale
flipped the                    coin; ) Angel,                         Einstein
(                 ) Dort ami avec sa fille
La classe                                              a commencé à
                       chercher
Les lumières de l'arbre
              Marie criaient
Même s'il est (                             ) Paradise embrassant,
n                     le diable
                                résultat
le chemin de la                              partie de la
la fille         enceinte comme le
                                                vent qui tombe;       vent              du mur
a
Agus je bhfianaise na gréine sa                            ghaoth
Bhí mé ar                                      líne saor dans l'aisce
Sa nuacht,                                      báisteach torrentiel
Publio = |
| babhta mar et
                                             ghaoth ag titim; gaoithe balla

(Un chodladh nu) (                      ) Soutien-gorge magique
\ Do (              ) agus signifie oíche (                     ) / Désert,
une peur bhfuil je bhfolach
                                                 Thiomáineann sé an meaisín, cad a
thugann siad, tú sé cosúil              leis an talamh
gunnaí scáth;                                       samhlaigh
Vous vous                      êtes arrêtés,  
                                      ag tosú l'escalier sur
agus nádúrtha
                                                        ­                 go leor chun a mharú;
[              ] Ar an (                            ) raidió Ar an mbord
Teanga
Opposé / là
                             (votre colonne                    vertébrale
pièce de monnaie; )                           Angel, Einstein
(                       ) Dort un ami avec sa fille
La classe                                                a commencé                  à chercher
Les lumières de                           l'arbre Maria criaient
Bien qu'il soit (                         ) Paradise embrassant, le diable
/ Mar (                      ) bhraith (                ) \
Opposé / là                 (faire la colonne vertébrale
la cannelle; ) (                           ) Angel, Einstein
(                          ) Cabhraíonn cara lena iníon
Thosaigh an                                          rang ag féachaint
Bhi souiller un cerveau                    Mary ag screamadh
Cé go bhfuil sé (               ) Le paradis pógadh, un diabhal
toradh
un bealach den chuid den)
cailín ag iompar clainne
[                    ]
Donall Dempsey Aug 2020
A GHAOTH ANEAS!
( O SOUTH WIND! )

My six year old father
stares from a photograph

splendid in  his sailor suit
standing outside time.

He will not survive
Ypres.

There is no photograph to show
him as a soldier.

Mother couldn't bear them.
Burned them.

She forever talking to
him in her head

loving his Devonshire
accent.

A thrush is singing from behind
enemy lines.

Spring can't understand
humans and their ways

dresses the trees
in their freshest  green.

"Jack...Jack Jack!" she cries
to the wind from the south.

A Ghaoth Aneas!
( O South Wind )

"Sin chugaibh mo phóg ar rith ins an ród
Leigim le seol gaoithe í."

( Here goes my kiss to you rushing along the road
I send it on the wings of the wind.)

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