New Day

by Catherine Whitehead

He left home at dawn
Comrades waited in the lane
They wave, freedom calls.

Reproduced with kind permission of the author. This poem was composed in a Poetry as Commemoration workshop held at Sligo County Library in October 2023.  The workshop was led by writer Terry McDonagh.

Themes

Civil War , English Language , Sligo , War , War of Independence , Workshop Poem