Tim McGovern : Writing

Egg Rock ( Lynn Mass)

Egg Rock ( Lynn Mass)

A Poem by Tim McGovern


Out on Egg Rock, amid winter battered seas whipped to a stiff peak, the wind curses you and rips warmth from your body, a mad frosted surgeon, ..
Zombie Envy

Zombie Envy

A Poem by Tim McGovern


First published in ThievesJargon
Blue Hawaiians

Blue Hawaiians

A Poem by Tim McGovern


I drank Blue Hawaiians and wore wayfarer shades on Sam’s sidewalk café at Revere Beach. The old wooden Cyclone, looking like a..
Future Haiku

Future Haiku

A Poem by Tim McGovern


Thanks to Kara for the last word
Destination Haiku

Destination Haiku

A Poem by Tim McGovern


all roads lead to you even if i make a point of walking backwards
Return To Cork

Return To Cork

A Poem by Tim McGovern


Would you come with me back over salt sown miles, tears , sea water to where my blood is housed beneath the mound of Oghma? Would you ply ..
Jai Art

Jai Art

A Poem by Tim McGovern


How would I create you, if the touch of life lay hidden in my topographic hand? Not through words, the knife edge corners of practiced syllable..
Scenic view

Scenic view

A Poem by Tim McGovern


By living diminished she has made me peripheral, a vanquished soldier on the hillside, watching my home being desecrated, from afar.
Another F*****g Love Poem

Another F*****g Love Poem

A Poem by Tim McGovern


Love nullifies questions and warms dead bones, it answers lone echoes over a star strewn lake, and wonders aloud over exotic teas. Love wraps sal..
The Nuisance of Death

The Nuisance of Death

A Poem by Tim McGovern


I carry my death with me like a well worn penny it’s there when I reach in my pocket unexpected sudden I play with it feel it turn it o..