Mary Wilkinson's Writings
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Article
Oct.20.2008
Lyric fm radio station Ireland
I was sitting in casualty and I saw all of these old people lying in the hallway, discarded beings with paper faces and lined skin and it came to me the, it came to me that this is what its all about, the big stinking mess. Is this what you go through the motions for to end up in this cubicle with grey faded flowers and a bed of steel? Do all of us have a bed...
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Poem
Oct.16.2008
Books Ireland
The woman in the red car
wears dark glasses
even though it's raining
The woman in the white car
has a good haircut
and checks herself out in
the rear-view
The man in the
Beautiful Dreamer truck
that promises
beautiful beds
looks at me
a face behind
dirty glass-
& for a moment
we gaze
unabashed
locked in this vacuous space.
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Poem
Oct.16.2008
Books Ireland
There against a stone wall
tilted carelessly
was her black and chrome Raleigh.
I roamed my eyes across the fields
anxious for a glimpse of her stooped frame,
her burnished face crawling with lines
and of course her headscarf-
old now
but still sporting a hunting scene;
Beagles
and men in red jackets
with little horns at their lips.
Surely she bought it in a hurry...
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Poem
Oct.16.2008
FALL APPLES
I will not sweep aside the spray of leaves
resting on the sill
nor swoop upon the bookshelf seeking sustenance
instead
I will cling to the shadow of the bed
and hover underneath the lintel
waiting for a vague memory
a scent of your ghost
as you climbed the stairs
in Fall
hauling a box of Beauty of Bath
wrapped in newsprinted words
that you never read
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there isn't enough of anything as long as we live. But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance prevails.
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—Raymond Carver
About Mary
I live in the west of Ireland. I enjoy writing in many forms, prose, drama, poetry and short pieces for radio. I am also a fanatical baker.
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Mary’s Favorite Books
Stag's Leap - Sharon Olds, The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde, The Bell Jar - Slyvia Plath, Unless - Carol Shields, A Moveable Feast - Hemingway, The Sea...
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