Delighted to have my poem Sliding Down Old Ben Bulben published in the Columba online Poetry Quarterly Issue 8, Summer 2021. My thanks to editor Emily Tristan Jones.

https://www.columbapoetry.com/jones.html

SLIDING DOWN OLD BENBULBIN
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​the dark emerald green
descends in a dream
that was thin
sliding down old Benbulbin.


the mossy rocks
set, like elemental clocks
don’t move-
slow time is worn smooth.


then us hive bugs
mortal in summer duds
slide past to the bottom
hanging on before forgotten.


understanding change-
others need to be strange
in it all-
to repented blame
they go walking in lashing rain
some less tall-


back to town
lank hair matted down
in the bar
the same drink too far.


Strider Marcus Jones has had poems in several journals and anthologies including Dreich Magazine, The Racket Journal, Trouvaille Review, Poppy Road Review, and The Huffington Post. He has written several self-published books of poetry; most recently, Pomegranate Flesh (2012), Wooded Windows (2011), and Mavericks (2008). He holds a law degree from De Montfort University and lives in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. He is also the editor and publisher of Lothlorien Poetry Journal.
https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/