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Encounters

By Phil Lynch

I might have met you once while on the road
but how was I to know you would be there?
No map to guide, no picture to compare,
so why would I have stopped or even slowed?
And yet if you had signalled me your code,
I would have shyly shuffled, unaware
that you and I could have so much to share;
I’d still to learn what nature had bestowed.
But later when we met I knew you well
although I least expected you to be
so blissful, yet so able to confound.
Instead of catching me when first I fell,
you put me in a boat that’s still at sea
in search of shores which never may be found.

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PHIL LYNCH has had work published in Revival Literary Journal, Boyne
Berries, Bare Hands, The Poetry Bus, Wordlegs, Circle Time, Census 3 and
Outburst. He was awarded third place in the 2015 Doolin Writers’ Festival Poetry Competition. In 2014 he was runner-up in the iYeats Poetry Competition and long listed in the Over The Edge New Writer of the Year Competition. His work has been featured on a number of national and local radio programmes including RTE's Arena Arts Show and The Poetry Programme. He is a regular performer at poetry and spoken word events and has performed at a number of festivals including Electric
Picnic. Phil is a Co-Director of the Lingo Spoken Word Festival. His first poetry collection is forthcoming with Salmon Poetry.