Lazy
Beds
Lazy
was not the word for it
Hardwon.
Backbreacking.
Little
enough return for effort
Lumpers.
Poor nourishment. Fear and Famine
Ridged
soil scratched on unlikely hills
Where
hope grew better than food
Overgrassed
abandoned now
Sower
and Harvester gone to grow in Newfoundland
You
did not seek to make a monument
Only
a meal, or a grave
Yet
your Lazy Beds have left a message
Your
unintended story written in the ground
Martin Swords
Feb 2014
During the course of my
guided walks in Glendalough I often get asked about The Famine of
1840/50. I explain something about its impact - before,
during and after the event - on Irish
History and Emigration
to America.
I ask people to look out for Lazy Beds as they tour around
The Irish countryside as
a connection with this period.
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