Poems by DS Maolalai

BIO

DS Maolalai has been described by one editor as “a cosmopolitan poet” and another as “prolific, bordering on incontinent”. His work has been nominated fourteen times for BOTN, ten for the Pushcart and once for the Forward Prize, and released in three collections; “Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden” (Encircle Press, 2016), “Sad Havoc Among the Birds” (Turas Press, 2019) and “Noble Rot” (Turas Press, 2022)

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Domesticity

we’re debating replacing
the washer. it came with the house
and was second-
hand new when we got here.
I think it’s fine – you are unsure
of its longstanding value as an asset.
we do two or three rough loads
of laundry a week. the problem, I think,
is the lack of available air. shirts waggle
on a line strung across the back yard
like flags on the riverside
posts in the weak dublin atmosphere.
we are probably using it
as some kind of metaphor.
I’m not sure we agree on the meaning.

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In my 20s with a girlfriend

my mother gets back
from a holiday
tomorrow. central
europe, eastern europe,
greece I think,
travelling by train.
I have been to some
of those cities as well
in my 20s with a girlfriend
and alone. this was a retirement
gift from my father.
I recommended some museums,
a couple of wine bars,
but they aren’t really very big drinkers.

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