Time by Patrick Deeley
As I edge it from the wall,
the wood-wormed longcase
of your grandfather clock
turns to dust in my hands.
Patrick Deeley is from County Galway, in the west of Ireland. He has published seven collections with Dedalus Press. His best-selling memoir,'The Hurley Maker's Son', was published by Transworld in 2016. He is the 2019 recipient of the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Poetry Award from the University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota.