Bio
S.C. Flynn was born in a small town in Australia of Irish origin and now lives in Dublin. His poetry has been published in many magazines, and in March 2023 leading US magazine Rattle included him as one of seventeen contemporary Irish poets in a special edition. In May 2023 he was long-listed for the Erbacce Prize out of 13,000 entries.
S.C. Flynn
Vase Full Of Eyes
Feathers from my grandmother's peacocks
stood on a vase in the sitting room,
watching us with their hundreds of eyes
while they whispered to each other
in silent colourful signs
full of secret meanings and plans.
I was sure that when the door was closed
they flew around like butterflies,
giggling and twittering as they went,
but when I tried to catch them at it
the feathers always dropped in the vase
just in time and stared back mutely at me.