Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Great Regulars: CarolAnn says: This perfect little poem

comes from 'The Losing Game', RV Bailey's new pamphlet in memory of her partner of 44 years, the poet UA Fanthorpe. (Mariscat Press.) Like the other 11 poems therein, this one somehow salvages consolation from deep sadness.

from Carol Ann Duffy: The Daily Mirror: Poetry Corner

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Here, the summer season of 'soft fruits' can also be read as a period of happiness as a wife and mother which is now over.

The woman's 'children' are now birds who plunder the fruit.

from Carol Ann Duffy: The Daily Mirror: Poetry Corner

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