Ronnie McGinn's Poetry Page

Our poem this week comes from Timothy O'Mahony in Cork, Ireland. Timothy is currently studying in Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). He is an engineering student but mainly he loves to write. He enjoys writing poetry and hopes to become a children's writer in time. He also enjoys acting and has have worked with the Theatre Company Corcadorca during their production of the ' The Tempest ' and also had a role in movie ' The Wind that Shakes the Barley' which was directed by Ken Loach.

His poem was inspired by a place where he spent a lot time exploring during his teenage years, Our Lady's Hospital in St. Anne's on the banks of Cork's own River Lee. It was once the longest building in Ireland and also a mental hospital. Timothy and his friends often spent time looking around and maybe finding a little adventure, they rarely left the place without a gasp. It was haunting place to say the least.

The Building

Ghastly, gruesome and grizzly tales
That is all I've heard about
This building. Ghosts and murderers
And horrible beasts . Whaling
Spirits and midnight feasts.

Secluded, isolated godforsaken place,
Every window you look at you think you see
A face. Walking forward with doubt in
Your mind, not a good idea I think I should
Have stayed behind.

But now it's too late as your there at the door
A sudden quick movement and you hit the floor
You think your dead but one quick look and you
See your bed.

© Timothy O'Mahony