A Poem by Fr Hugh O’Donnell – So to the Snowdrops

Snowdrops in the Botanic Gardens

SO TO THE SNOWDROPS

Ah yes – of course –

the snowdrops – this year

they were here – overnight –

as always mouth-watering,

so beyond us in every sense 

that to comment sounds

like the applicant who believes

it is he who is interviewing

for the position. Better not

crowd their reclaimed space

with an air of ‘let’s see’

but glance shyly in passing.