Monthly Archives: February 2015

Poems to Live By: To My Daughter in a Red Coat

Posted on February 23, 2015 by The Lone Reader Blog

To My Daughter in a Red Coat Late October. It is afternoon. My daughter and I walk through the leaf-strewn Corridors of the park In the light and the dark Of the elms’ thin arches. Around us brown leaves fall … Continue reading →

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Poems to Live By: ‘Wedding Day’

Posted on February 14, 2015 by The Lone Reader Blog

WEDDING DAY Oh my love I am afraid. The sound has stopped in the day And these images reel over And over. Why all those tears, The wild grief on his face Outside the taxi! The sap Of mourning has … Continue reading →

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Poems To Live By: ‘The Shape of Nothing Happening’

Posted on February 13, 2015 by The Lone Reader Blog

The Shape of Nothing Happening Dust knows the places we have forgotten, or we never see, marking out the margins of our world: the window ledge’s cracked paint, the bevelled edges of a door frame, the dado rails, the skirting … Continue reading →

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