Great Regulars: Carol Ann says: This comes from Carole Coates'

The Goodbye Edition (Shoestring Press, 2005). The long, free lines of the poem contrast with the speaker's inability to answer the questions of former colleagues, as though retirement or redundancy has bestowed an inner articulacy.

from Carol Ann Duffy: The Daily Mirror: Poetry Corner: Leaving the job--Carole Coates

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