Ballybranigan
Photo: Greg Hume
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Cows preen the velvet rise
Where stonewalls dip
Under blackberry and fern.
At the bend before the sea
Dun Guaire rises
Through gaps
Framed in wispy ash.
Rosehips,
Brambles,
Sloe.
At the ocean’s edge
Where heart and soul
And sea and soil meet
I am.
c. EO’D
The Burren and Beyond 