I am very excited to tell you that my poetry book ‘THE SOUL IN WORDS’ is now available to purchase in Paperback. It contains 16 full-length poems and 144 verses set against a backdrop of love and loss, light and shade, and the forces of nature. If you’d like a sneak preview, follow the link below. Collette x
This is an invitation to believe in better times.
Believe in crimson sunsets and sparkling azure seas.
Believe in towering trees with leaves unfurling in the spring sunshine.
Believe in walks in the park holding hands with your loved ones.
Believe in the simple pleasure of sipping coffee
on the pavement outside a café.
Most of all, believe that the earth is waiting for you
and longs for the touch of your footsteps once more.
Collette O’Mahony 07/04/2020
Amber drops of autumn gold
Winter freeze turns bitter cold
Hope it springs with verdant grace
Inviting smiles from summer’s face
Seasons come and seasons go
Displaying all of nature’s show
Harvest brings its dividends
Nurtured by Life provident
Oceans swell and then abate
Trusting moon to seal its fate
Tidal signs left on the shore
Lifted up from deep sea floor
Stars stream light and pattern shape
To help night hunters navigate
Shifting round the central eye
Remaining focused in the sky
Earthly orbit round the sun
Reclaims its old, producing young
Misty rain and morning dew
Rising sun, each day anew
Tumbling clouds in azure blue
Frames broad spectrum in milieu
Refracting prism of sunlight
Forming shapes in colours bright
Beauty shines from all creation
Her displays are but reflection
Of Life’s breath in every being
Behold, full joy is in the seeing
Collette O’Mahony
From ‘Reflections of Love & Light’
Photo; Brooke Shaden
Green slopes along the horizon of my vision
Cascading into the valley of my nature
Filling it up with sap of new growth
A bird in flight swoops beneath my heart
Calling it to reach for the skies
I catch a floating feather on the morning
Hoping for wings in the evening sun
That I may fly to your side
In the bare solitude of my soul
See beyond the lines of my skin
Open your heart to my love
Let me see the beauty in you
My knocks are hard on your ears
And fall heavily upon your door
I catch a floating feather at noon
Praying for wings at the setting sun
So that I may fly to be with you
And touch the nakedness of your soul
A string of trifles eats up the hours
Bringing me to my knees
A prayer catches a golden ray
Blinding my temporary self
Revealing the inner eye of truth
There is no division between us
Once more my eye seeks the horizon
To find it is no longer there
I have drifted out on golden wings
To meet you in the evening sun
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Collette O’Mahony
June 2017
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