Clíodhna Bhreatnach
So you’re leaving us I’m going to miss
your smiley face in the corridor it’s been
a pleasure So what is it
you write your poetry about tell us
your inspiration Oh beautiful
subject Time which isn’t linear
it’s circular I believe that It comes
back to us Like music We’ve
been alive before and we’ll live
again Just when you think it’s all over
then you’re really beginning
Years ago I would have loved to run
a record shop I know probably every
band you could think of That
was my dream I love to surround
myself with things The worst thing that
ever happened to me in school was
one day I was staring out a window
and a teacher yelled Halpin Come here
because you know daydreaming
is the most important work and there
I was creating things in my head and if
I didn’t have dreams in my head
I wouldn’t be able to use my hands
and vice versa The beauty of the brain
is that it has a left side a right side
creative and logical engage both
and that’s when a person’s aura will really
glow Look How the hairs on my arm
stand up like this Everyone’s got a frequency
tuned into good or bad and we vibrate
accordingly I had to teach myself
to be scared of nothing I could talk forever
and do you know something
Clíodhna I wish you the best of luck
with your writing I really do
Clíodhna Bhreatnach is from Waterford, Ireland. Her poetry has featured in The Stinging Fly, Propel and Banshee. She was Highly Commended for the Forward Prize in 2022. She is the poetry editor of the Frustrated Writers Group.
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