Adam White is from Cork, in Ireland, but now lives and works in France. His first collection of poetry, Accurate Measurements, was published in April 2013, and shortlisted for a Forward prize in England (available from Doire Press.ie).

Adam White

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Sunlight, Henry Street

in memory of Derry O'Sullivan

All I want is to wake once more with sunlight
fooling in every corner of this room;
no shutters, no blinds, no curtains

that trick you into thinking it's still night, or night
already when it isn't yet, but will be soon.
Then it can go back to the grind,

fell the shadows of fountains
up city streets, lustre low tides,
diamond high mountains.