Sunday, November 22, 2015

Bernard O'Donoghue reads his poem "The Iron Age Boat at Caumatruish"



THE IRON AGE BOAT AT CAUMATRUISH 

If you doubt, you can put your fingers 
In the holes where the oar-pegs went. 
If you doubt still, look past its deep mooring 
To the mountains that enfold the corrie’s 
Waterfall of lace through which, they say, 
You can see out but not in. 
If you doubt that, hear the falcon 
Crying down from Gneeves Bog 
Cut from the mountain-top. And if you doubt 
After all these witnesses, no boat 
Dredged back from the dead 
Could make you believe.  

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