“All the Hollowed Shells”
in Cahirciveen We found a thousand hollow shells left scattered Among the rocky, kelp-strewn teeth of shore: Some of the seeping, tight-lipped hunks were shattered, Tossed up by chance and left as dried decor For tourists like myself to stow away In pockets, as a keep-sake of their day. Behind me, crumbling stones from old [...]