The Poetry of Dermot O Brien
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Below are twelve more poems by Dermot O Brien.

From the collection
The Light of the World:
A Micro Poetic Way To God

1.

For all is in God
in heaven and on earth  grace
passing like a breeze

  

2.

It is to know God
beyond all pain   when you see
the heavens above

3.

The wonder of God
in the breath of creation
a bird taking off

  

4.

Until it bursts forth
in absolute song   the world
labours to be born

5.

Mountain ridge to sea
from day to the stars by night
is the will of God

  

6.

Skirting by the hills
heather and wild daffodils
the spring wind at play

7.

Only two armfuls
of the flowers in blossom
enough to give to God

  

8.

Who once on a cross
took evil by storm   in love
for all He had made

9.

O the thrush egg blue
the yellow of the sun   green
the emerald's depths

  

10.

To prove in the end
outside love there is nothing
heaven was invented

11.

Candles in a row
three in number   as persons
burn with the same light

  

12.

From the angel of God
St Teresa falls backwards
an arrow thro' her heart


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