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'Hidden Capacity ~ a poet's journey'
was published in Ireland in 2003.


A BOOK MADE UP OF THREE SECTIONS
The Return of Rainbows ~  written at University

Driving down Alexander,
(early morning rush hour)
lecture on documentary film.
eager for Knowledge, I noted
low, braod bands of colour
spanning the sky above Uni.
Ignoring the grey clousd,
I welcomed the return
of rainbows to my life.

Rail Tales
~ written on the train

parallel bars ride the sand
silver bullet steered by jhand
expressed in kilometre speed
human flotsam to concrete greed

Poems written about
Exploring Possibilities
of a New Romance at 54.

memories,
cling-film wrapped
fresh
and clean for whenever.
Weighted
with life's necessities,
baggage
that I cannot leave behind.
Snap on my seat belt (I'm not a good traveller)
and ask the flight attendant "When do we arrive?"


All appear in
"Hidden Capacity ~ a poet's journey"
Frances Macaulay Forde ~ 2003


A link to the PDF extract of Poems from
" Hidden Capcity ~ a poet's journey"
MMB Publishing 2003, Cork, Ireland.

Midleton Book Shop were the first to stock my poetry book
"Hidden Capacity ~ a poet;'s journey"