the dream of extra space
versus the trauma
of six months lost
to the tyranny of tiles and paint,
our shrinking lives
shuttled from room to room.
Now we sit in the bosom
of our brand new extension,
marvel at the magic of magnolia,
and wonder whether to de-commission
the other rooms, while a news camera
on our 50” Smart TV
pans the huddled doorways of Grafton Street.
© Maurice Devitt
Maurice was the winner of the 2015 Trocaire/Poetry Ireland Competition, he has been runner-up or shortlisted in Listowel, Cuirt, Patrick Kavanagh, Interpreter’s House and Cork Literary Review. He is the curator of the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies site, a founder member of the Hibernian Writers’ Group and has just published his debut poetry collection, ‘Growing Up in Colour’, with Doire Press.
