Terry O'Leary : Writing

Sleep in My Arms Lullaby

Sleep in My Arms Lullaby

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


Soft somnolent skies have ceased seething, for day’s nearly through,while winds echo whispering thoughts of returning to youand heavens throb, p..
Merchant Ship

Merchant Ship

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


A swallow swoops for flitting fliesWhile Johnny rubs exhausted eyes(As morning clasps the rising sun)Confirming Captain’s day’s begun:Slow..
On Halloween

On Halloween

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


On Halloween the sky was scarred.The blood moon peered with pale regard(a gaze that pierced the pit of night)upon the spell of death and fright,along ..
Dark Black Night

Dark Black Night

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


Once upon a midnight, ghostly, Partied many, dead ones mostly. Feasting in the graveyard, sprightly, White eyed werewolves gorged, engros..
Epitaphs in Verse - Reflections in the Eyes of a Poet

Epitaphs in Verse - Reflections in the Eyes of a P..

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


The eyes behind a head inclined reflect a universe Of shanty towns and kings in crowns and parties in a hearse, Of heaping mounds of coffee ground..
The Wolf

The Wolf

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


A cruel Jack Frost blows icy floss (in front of spring a’ burstin’)while shiftin’ sheaves of withered leaves near freezin&rs..
A Pregnant Lass

A Pregnant Lass

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


A pregnant lass with eyes of glass had never learned to cope;once set adrift her fall was swift, she slid a slipp’ry slope.She fled the curse of..
Isolde - If Only You'd Be Mine

Isolde - If Only You'd Be Mine

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


IsoldeYou give to me the morning sun that dances in your smilea flower wild among the stones upon a rocky islea lonely wood with hidden paths where we..
No More Cause To Worry...

No More Cause To Worry...

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


Well, Railroad Bob’s done lost his job, he’s got no place for working,his wife, she cries with desperate eyes, their baby’s head&rsq..
Remember

Remember

A Poem by Terry O'Leary


Remember that embers that fade in NovemberMay blaze through the days [daze] that dismember[s] December