An ode to Francis Ledwidge at the end of July

Dear Editor,

The End of July

July now ends, as do the lives and hopes of Europe’s youth.

Their futures past, they rallied brave, for what they thought was truth.

And on that day, our Boyneside bard, his pen crushed cruel out .

His beautied mind no longer gives, what was it all about?

Christopher O’Brien-Lynch