Ploom #006
Winter, visiting Dublin Zoo
DS Maolalai
at one point we stop
because you need
the bathroom.
I wait, drinking coffee,
holding yours in my
hand. I’m stood on the path
in a place where one can’t
see the animals. sparrowsÂ
land together. take off
together.
‘Winter, visiting Dublin Zoo’ read by the author
DS Maolalai
DS Maolalai has been nominated nine times for Best of the Net and seven times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden (Encircle Press, 2016) and Sad Havoc Among the Birds (Turas Press, 2019).