A look at Zoomsday for Bloomsday
Originally written on the 31st of December when we first learnt of Coronavirus on the news, this poem is dedicated to the Bloomsday Society in Madrid and the fantastic work that they do.
Regaling In Bloom
Peeling away at the layers of Joyce
My friends and I gather each month
Verses and songs,
the music goes on
Bill Dixon even brings
his accordion along
Unwrapping this gift
of history and his stories
Edwardian Dublin comes alive
As we remember the day
that Molly Bloom
met the artist as a young man
With a founder Sara Cantó*
whose surname translates as I sing
I bring my camera
as we all sing from
the same hymn sheet
Though I don’t always
understand him
Thank you Sara and Bill
Thanks to Chris and John
for the music you bring along
Mil gracias Elena y Pilar
Damian and Ophelia,
Maria and Malachy and Kate
For the presence you bring
Unwrapping this gift
gives me a lift
31st of December 2019
*The surname Cantó does not actually translate directly as I sing (Canto)
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