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The Busker
He stood at Brosnan’s Corner With a battered old guitar; He was drunk—I’d seen him Stagger from the bar;
His hair was long and matted, His beard was dirty, black, His wellies worn and battered, Over all a tattered mack
Tied with a rope around his waist; He didn’t know one song— His only air was out of tune, The words were tortured, wrong.
He stood at Brosnan’s Corner, Cinctured by a rope Singing through creation His single note of hope.
People passed the corner In a hurry; none would stop But some would toss when passing A coin into his cap.
An hour I watched him singing With his battered old guitar Then his took his cap and counted, And shambled to the bar.
©2010 Gabriel Fitzmaurice
Author Links
Fitzmaurice poems & stories at Moyvane.com Reading at the White House in Limerick (You Tube)
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Born Moyvane, Co Kerry, 1952. Bilingual poet, literary advisor, translator, teacher, musician, broadcaster. In addition to broadcasting on Irish radio and television, Fitzmaurice has written extensively in English and Irish. Among his English poetry collections are Rainsong, Road to the Horizon, Dancing Through, The Father’s Part and The Village Sings. In Irish, he has published the collection Nocht. A primary school teacher, Fitzmaurice is also the author of the children's verse collection, The Moving Stair. He works as a translator of essays and collections of songs/ballads from the original Irish and has twice represented Ireland at the European Festival of Poetry. Along with writing and teaching, Fitzmaurice has found success as a singer of traditional Irish music. He resides in Kerry.
