Pat Ingoldsby

Pat Ingoldsby (1942- ) was born in Malahide, Dublin. He is a multifaceted artist - poet, playwright, writer and performer - from Dublin, with a unique imagination frequently flirting with the surreal.

God If I Could Look Out Now

My brother Michael said to me

"Do you remember

how we used to try and stay awake

to see the circus going in the morning?

When we woke up it was gone."

I shook my head.

I couldn't remember at all.

I can picture perfectly in my mind

how it must have been.

Two little boys

trying to keep their eyes open.

Eager to kneel on the morning-sill

and watch the horse-drawn wagons

creaking off the green.

I could draw you a picture

of how it must have been.

I'd love a second chance

to remember. 

— Pat Ingoldsby