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| Academic, writers' & publishing sites |
| Poet and university teacher |
| Poems from three collections |
| Spring Burning Lovesongs, Lovescenes Sacrificing the Leaves |
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| Poetry & Art |
| © Copyright 2001 |
| Arrivo Wheeling through Tuscan hills, Rounding the hollow of brown valleys, The woods leafless now. The darkening. In the compartment the lamp Glows weak, yellow On the stained leather seats. Sleet spits on the glass. Valdarno and lifting of luggage. Rush of freezing air, The platforms wet, black, empty As echoes die away. Fumbling for gettoni In the harsh salon light. Confused voices, headlamps flicker. Strangers push past. After the uneasy waiting A car slows in the icy square. Greetings break out. Pain dissipates. Cases are loaded in. Light snow sticks to a curly head. We stoop, still half in greeting, Outside, the next train slides in. |
| Judith Dinham |