New Poem of the Day
This week's Poem of the Day is from Sally Baker's new collection, 'The Sea and the Forest' (Smith/Doorstop, 2009).
HOUSE
That house made of winter sky
with a sloped lawn at the back,
windows rattling like rigging.
A full moon, high tide, north-easterly wind.
Rabbits hung in the green shed,
a bag of turnips and sprouts on the doorstep.
Surely whoever was meant to come
would come soon, out of the sea or forest,
dragging himself to me.
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