Terry O'Leary : Writing

One Way Ships

One Way Ships

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


Flings and wings and rings rejected…Cupid’s arrows fly deflected…“It clearly is too late” she signed, “to love, ..
Silent City

Silent City

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


Ill-fated crowd neath unchained cloud: the Silent City bravesagainst a sudden sullen flood, unleashing lashing waveswhich wash the stony structures cl..
The Flame

The Flame

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


THE FLAME PROLOGUEThe Flame, aflicker, licks and flays,illuming evening’s negligeesWith braided curls she swirls and sways,and flits..
Green Spanish Eyes

Green Spanish Eyes

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


Ah Consuela! Invoking vast vistas for visions of green Spanish eyes,I discern them again where she left me back then, as we kissed when she par..
He Was My Sun

He Was My Sun

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


He was my sun, my one and only son,attired as a cowboy for the day.And so I handed him a little gunof fastened random sticks, for him to shoot and pla..
Ramblers

Ramblers

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


’Tween hither and thither we wended our wayskipping, dancing through sand dunes, in seascape croquet.While woven in waves watching dolphins at p..
Sleepless in Whereis

Sleepless in Whereis

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


I’m stealing through a twilit realm, the ancient pale of Whereis,passing chambers of an Heiress(though no need to feel embarrassed)through a mag..
We May Meet Again

We May Meet Again

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


Beneath long lashes, misty clad, Your limpid eyes are sometimes sad; They bring to mind a homeless waif Engulfed in rain with nowhere s..
The Morning of the Hurricanes

The Morning of the Hurricanes

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


The Bishops bathe in Babylonwhile Princes, prancing on the lawn,watch Queen deflowered, pale and wan. The King dares not defend her.The Horsemen,..
The Wind is Isolde

The Wind is Isolde

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


The warden’s bewildered, the keeper’s amazedas the gate gapes behind us, a hole in the haze.Our steps seem uncertain, the cobblestones cra..