Everything is Going to be All Right – by Derek Mahon

Irish poetry, Irish Poets, poetry 1 Minute

Derek Mahon, Belfast man, died yesterday aged 78. He was considered one of the most innovative Irish poets in the sixties and seventies. This poem has been widely quoted since the arrival of Covid 19:

How should I not be glad to contemplate

the clouds clearing beyond the dormer window

and a high tide reflected on the ceiling?

There will be dying, and there will be dying,

but there is no need to go into that.

The poems flow from the hand unbidden

and the hidden source is the watchful heart.

The sun rises in spite of everything

and the far cities are beautiful and bright.

I lie here in a riot of sunlight

watching the day break and the clouds flying.

Everything is going to be all right.

Published by Pink Roses

"We All Die in the End", now with four 5 star reviews, is available in both paperback and ebook editions on Amazon. The book is an unusual collection of interlinked stories set in a small town on the Co Down coast. Some are grim, some deal with abusive relationships but there's a lot of dark humour here, and joy too. 16 of the 19 tales have been previously published in literary magazines, or have been broadcast, or both. I am currently working on a collection of poetry "The Red Petticoat". I can be contacted here at WordPress or at the links below: twitter @elizabethmerry1 amazon.com/author/elizabethmerry facebook ~elizabethmerry elizabethmerry51@gmail.com

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