Margaret Kiernan has a background in Public Policy and Social Justice. She writes poetry and short stories. She also paints landscapes in mixed media. She is published in, The Blue Nib Literary Journal, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Burrow at Old-water-rat publishing Australia, The Galway Review, Poet Head, A New Ulster, etc. Anthologies, and Cultural news magazines, Etc. She is listed in The Index of Contemporary Women Poets in Ireland, 2020. She writes with the Thursday Group of poets, at Over-the-Edge, Galway. She is also a member of Ox Mountain poets.

Clock Change

The summer heat has long gone,
dandelions dispersed away
in blowball clocks.

Now evening mists bewitch in
shrouds of gold beyond the rainbow.
Veils weaken.

Samhain calls, shadows in woods lurk
Silently, time dims, shifts the slowed down heart to heal.
The year is full spent.

Margaret G Kiernan