Sometimes you hear, fifth-hand, As epitaph: He chucked up everything And just cleared off, And always the voice will sound Certain you…

The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, Killed. It had been in the long grass….

“This was Mr Bleaney’s room. He stayed The whole time he was at the Bodies, till They moved him.” Flowered curtains, thin…

Once I am sure there’s nothing going on I step inside, letting the door thud shut. Another church: matting, seats, and stone,…

“Dockery was junior to you, Wasn’t he?” said the Dean. “His son’s here now.” Death-suited, visitant, I nod. “And do You keep…

When I drop four cubes of ice Chimingly in a glass, and add Three goes of gin, a lemon slice, And let…

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with…

S’io credessi che mia risposta fosse A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, Questa fiamma staria senza più scosse. Ma per ció…

The bees build in the crevices Of loosening masonry, and there The mother birds bring grubs and flies. My wall is loosening;…

We sat together at one summer’s end, That beautiful mild woman, your close friend, And you and I, and talked of poetry….

I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate Those…

The old brown thorn-trees break in two high over Cummen Strand, Under a bitter black wind that blows from the left hand;…