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Bernadette O'Reilly

My Name is Bernadette O' Reilly, 36, Abbotstown Drive, Finglas West, Dublin 11, Ireland.

I have been writing poetry since '81. I have been published in numerous times by Forward Press and publications in Ireland.

I take part in Open Mic sessions in Dublin City. I am a member of two writers groups. Participated in various workshops and came joint first and third in a recent kukai competition. I love attending the poetry readings around the city.

I am forty-eight, a sister, aunt, godmother.

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Your clock
still on the locked.
Your clothes
in their place.
And I?
I long to hear your voice.
See your face.

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Superstition

Don't whistle
my Nana would say.
Our Lady
will cover her face
with her cloak.
Just like she disliked
telling me the story
of Red Riding Hood.
Bad luck for her
when those words
she spoke.
But for me
her superstition
she time after time broke.

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Child at Play

Pink tea set
bought for me
by Uncle Jim.
The blue by Mum.
Through pretend play
fear shone.
The sound of the wind.
His key
in the lock.

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Comforter

Who will comfort me?
I turn a poetry page.
The clown
it has to be

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Detach

Him.
Me.
Each end of
the settee.
Each thinking
no-one would want
the other.
What will it be,
coffee,
friend,
lover,
dear friend of my brother.

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Moon Dreams

Clouds chasing dancing
moon-beams.
Call out to play
your dreams.
To dance with stars
that glitter and shine.
Saddest of all,
they can never be mine.

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Submission Guidelines: Poems of no more than 30 lines in length each will be considered.