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Mael Duin~ By Maureen Scanlon

3/21/2018

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That humble hill fort 
That many guised shaman half-said… 
His overburdened lowing of the poem 
not snout to endless hog teats 
relived succulents, 
but – broken over us 
that brain, that weary cabbage 
whose shepherd’s sling 
swings this buzzards circle, 
improvised weapon held finger to thumb 
river chosen, smoothed thought 
engraved with “Take That!” 
or on his humorous side: “Catch!” 
From double hearted 
Irish-Indian cords 
let loosened 
hit like returning swells 
off unseen islands 
push back
felt under lost boat’s cradled bottom, 
killed this one hour old poem dead already
perhaps ‘twer dreamend? 
Perhaps LaGrange pouched spun
where, bunting opposite, I Mysterium, 
under piano, listen as you play! 


Author Bio:
Maureen Scanlon grew up in New Jersey, whose influence can be seen and felt in many of her poems. Life has taken her to times in Connecticut, Florida, and Massachusetts; she now calls home the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. Maureen‘s work has been published in a number of New England journals, and she was a featured reader at the venerable Stone Soup Poetry Readings. She has also hosted Amergin, a poetry reading series. 

Her interests, bolstered by travels to Ireland and China, include Celtic and Oriental culture, particularly Chinese art and history, as well as music, and all things of beauty. 

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