Poem 98

Included in my Original Composition portfolio and the poem most name-checked (positively) by the examiners … one, in talking about my accomplished use of ‘voice’, ‘analogy’ and ‘moment’ says: for a commentary on all these points ‘Away Too Long’ couldn’t be bettered …

Away Too Long

when I think about you
going to bed
it is a scene in dumbshow
the silent film
of being alone
you fold your clothes
take your earrings out
and there is no one
to walk in from the bathroom
saying something