Michael Nolan (b. 1950, in Dublin) recently retired from a lifetime spent in education. He was Principal of a Jesuit Special School for nearly the last twenty years of his teaching career. He also studied Law and was called to the Irish Bar. He has lifelong interest in writing and literature.
An elegy begins
There wasn’t a mention
by any soul of Carolan’s
ghost on a journey.
Our Harper marked time
as we waiting waited.
“Born to blush unseen”.
Glass of poteen for his blind faith,
the conglealed. An elegy begins.
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