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Man Washing on a Railway Platform Outside Delhi
Man Washing On A Railway Platform Outside Delhi
It's the way he stands
nearly naked in the winter sun
turning on and off the railway
station tap. I have seen people
look less reverent...
The Domesticity of Giraffes
The Domesticity Of Giraffes
She languorously swings her tongue
like a black leather strap as she chews
and endlessly licks the wire for salt
blown in from the harbour.
Bruised-apple ed she...
The Saffron Picker
The Saffron Picker
It is necessary to pick 150,000 crocuses in order to produce one kilogram of saffron.
Soon, she'll crouch again above each crocus,
feel how the scales set by fate, by misfortune...
The Thermal Stair
The Thermal Stair
I called today, Peter, and you were away.
I look out over Botallack and over Ding
Dong and Levant and over the jasper sea.
Find me a thermal to speak and soar to you from...
Dear Bryan Wynter
Dear Bryan Wynter
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This is only a note
To say how sorry I am
You died. You will realise
What a position it puts
Me in. I couldn't really
Have died for you if so
I...
Lines On Roger Hilton's Watch
Lines On Roger Hilton's Watch
Which I was given because
I loved him and we had
Terrible times together.
O tarnished ticking time
Piece with your bent hand,
You must be used to...
