Bio
Marian Kilcoyne is an Irish writer based on the west coast of Ireland. Her Poetry has been published widely in the US and Europe. She has read on National Irish radio from her just published collection, The Heart Uncut, published October 2020 by Wordsonthestreet, Galway. She was short listed for the 2017 Dermot Healy International prize for poetry. She was placed on the long list for the 2019 Fish Poetry Prize. She was shortlisted for the Dalkey Creates Writers Prize 2020. her website is at www.mariankilcoyne.com.
Marian Kilcoyne
Sensitive Souls
In delirium or defiance
there is a little one left
behind on the downward
cable while his fellows' swarm
off, their formation a dagger
unsheathed against land.
For a while hesitancy governs
his mood, then he hops danseur like,
agitation shaking his slightening
plumage.
Feigning mettle he flings off in pursuit
of his kin, to find them returning
sated. His disappointment stains the
western skies.