Beggars

In the deaf pool
Tongue-tied sailors
Seek salvation
in single syllables
Their essence founders
In a blunt wave
A cemetery of dead words
Wither on a dry tongue
Sad dumb sailors beg
Ear after ear drops
In their begging bowl.

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Biography

Noel Conneely is a member of the Dublin Writers Workshop and has appeared in several previous issues of Electric Acorn. His work has been published in many journals and magazines, including Riposte, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly and InCognito.