Poetry Blog by Marnanel Thurman (2019)
Gordon Wright
Come in. Catch this! and name it, if you would?
Do take your time, and take the fireside chair.
Of course, I wasn't always here at Clare...
(The second metacarpal? Very good.)
I practiced as a medic in the war
till I retired. In '46, you know...
(I say, I'm not convinced by this Bordeaux
but we won't notice after three or four...)
Thus every gentle Michaelmas, attending
the birth of cou...
Monday 11th February 2019 11:21 am
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