Maeve McKenna

Maeve McKenna lives in Sligo, Ireland. Her poetry has been placed in several international poetry competitions and published in Mslexia, The Cormorant, The Galway Review, Boyne Berries, MadSwirl, Sonder Magazine, Skylight47 and widely online. She is working towards her first collection of poetry.

Flying Is Not A Fear Of It

It will regret such gentle restraint, remorse is always a day behind. It hunches, invisibly — like a sick sparrow’s releasing body, cracked beak, marble eyes, feathers spineless — but can’t be unseen. There is no flight from here, just splinters
October 25, 2020