twinkling on and off
I never quite make out
or not
what is the word for something
fashioned in the quick of hearing
but never quite
but never quite
appearing
Poems in this collection have previously been published by or in association with: Agni, Archipelago, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Bristol Lyrical Ballads Project, Desperate Men (for Battle of the Winds), Graywolf Press, Guardian, Kew Bridge West Design Development, The Letter Press, Literary Review, London Literature Festival | Southbank Centre, The New Yorker, Poetry, The Poetry Society, Royal Collection Trust, Royal Society of Arts, Spectator.
Thanks to: Robin Robertson, Jill Bialosky, Kevin Mount, Peter Oswald, Jane Borodale, Paul Keegan, Jeff Shotts, Laurence Green, Laura Beatty and the Keens, Griselda Sanderson, James Runcie, Joe Richards, Tony Merrit, Mark Payne, Luke Parker.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
POETRY
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Woods etc.
A Sleepwalk on the Severn
Weeds and Wild Flowers
Memorial
EDITOR
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Thomas Wyatt: Selected Poems
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