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Toledo
I
Screeching
swallows threaten
The grey, brown, and gold
Of slate, tile, and stone
In the early light.
Spindly
aerials mock
The gothic spire
On the cathedral
With breaking news.
II
In
44 degrees
A GI patrols
A Baghdad street
Fighting the heat
In boots, fatigues,
Helmet and bullet-proof vest.
In
38 degrees
I patrol
The city walls
Fighting the heat
In sandals, shorts,
Straw hat and shirt.
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Biography
Neville
Keery was born in Dublin in 1939. He began writing poetry
when living in Brussels, where he was a senior European Commission
official. His first collection (Turnings, ISBN 0-9528236-1-6)
was published in 1999. He is now back in Dublin as a full-time
writer and poet.
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