About Ciarán O’Rourke
Ciarán O’Rourke is an Irish poet, software engineer and mathematician from Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Born in 1981, Ciarán currently lives in Wexford, Ireland with his wife Éadaoin and her two sons, Cillian and Dáire. Writing since the age of 18, this is his first publication of poetry.
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Last Words of a Dying Captive
question with a barrel
bait me with your blades
beat me ‘til you break me
so I can lie in shame
Confessions
truth ignored
life unknown
no soil here
nothing sown
Fallen
our fire consumed the jealous gods
the sun rose on a world of two
beneath the moon man, skin hit skin
more love and dreams than stars to view
Another Conversation
another conversation
with the pain that’s in my head
concludes a life of solitude
beats crowds and feeling dead
A Soldier meets a King
The Soldier Addresses the King
O King, take heed, take heed
My people, let them be
Cast anchor from our shores
Not the only one
I know I’m not the only one
lost in darkness, seeking sun
feeling reapers coursing near
drawn like magnets to my fear