DS Maolalaí has been nominated eight times for Best of the Net and five times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden (Encircle Press, 2016) and Sad Havoc Among the Birds (Turas Press, 2019).
Daisy season
spots of fried egg
on the gardens
this morning.
daisy season – I walk
past these well-
trimmed house
lawns. sun bright
and grass green
and some salt-
scattered flowers.
it happens quite
quickly: a detail
like stars in the sky.
and my hangover’s
mild, and I’ve got
work to get to.
I love it; the hangover,
cold breeze
and the light. delightful,
some colour:
this highlight in white
on these cores
of cold yellow
round mornings.
You can find more of DS Maolalaí’s work via Twitter. You can also read another of Maolalaí’s pieces, Reincarnation., on our website.