Patrick MacGill Synan : Writing

In India

In India

A Poem by Patrick MacGill Synan


While we were eating dal and rice out of bowls made from dried leaves the servers shoed away the children who were be..
Sarah in Elkins

Sarah in Elkins

A Poem by Patrick MacGill Synan


She could sing of murder with a bright smile like the ghost of child who doesn’t know she’s dead and play..
Saint Mary's Bank

Saint Mary's Bank

A Poem by Patrick MacGill Synan


I am here alone, arranging to be more so with legal separation forms and financial affidavits, remembering an inside joke or an empty vision ..
Owen: after the stroke

Owen: after the stroke

A Poem by Patrick MacGill Synan


Your memory was a reel of film spliced by age in places. Your gait was timid as a pup's, but still you wouldn't trip. And they wouldn't let you, ..
Barbara: turning forty

Barbara: turning forty

A Poem by Patrick MacGill Synan


She was born an asteroid in Jehovah’s solar system, where Ma kept her cool with Sunday brunches, and Pa with the paper, sitting in h..

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