Those Evenings I Remember
Cobweb rain, moon fading
like a dusty footprint.
Hawthorn bursting pimples
on the shadow’s edge.
Making a lighthouse of my fingers,
left foot weighed at anchor by the fence.
Asking far too many questions
in my head.
Carolyn Oulton is Professor of Victorian Literature and Director of the International Centre for Victorian Women Writers at Canterbury Christ Church University. She teaches on the Creative and Professional Writing BA and is Project Co-Lead for https://kent-maps.online/ in collaboration with JSTOR Labs. Her most recent poetry collection is Accidental Fruit (Worple).
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