Paula Meehan reads “The Ghost of my Mother Comforts me”. #napodpomo READING POETRY 14/30

From Cork With Love - by Paul O'Mahony · Nov 17, 2025 · 7m

you hear Paula Meehan reading her . You hear Paul O’Mahony reading it twice.

“The ghost of my mother comforts me.

Do not fear daughter

when they lift their sticks, their stones,

when they hiss beneath their breaths

fallen woman, adulteress

breaker of marriage vows

made before a holy priest to an honourable man

for you daughter; there is no blame,

for you no portion of guilt,

for you’re made in my likeness.

You can take the crucifixion from your voice.

I will stroke your forehead till you sleep,

Till you pass over into the dreamworld

where we can walk together in gardens wet with rain

or fly…