This is Episode 104 of Poems for the Speed of Life.

Today's poem is "Blessings" by Francis Harvey.

Francis Harvey was an Irish poet who died at the age of 89 in 2014.

Born on the UK side of the Irish border in County Fermanagh, he lived most of his life in the Republic of Ireland, in County Donegal, just a handful of miles away. He was a member of Aosdána, an Irish association which includes and honours artists who have produced a distinguished body of work of genuine originality.

Referenced in this poem is Lough Eske — from the Irish Loch Iascaigh, or “Lake of the Fish” — a designated special area of conservation in Donegal. In its two lines, spanning 17 lines, “Blessings” contains a multitude about loneliness, togetherness, the infinity of the past and the future, and life in all its forms.

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