Andrew Cuthbert

Warm coffeeshop in the bookshop basement.
Early winter cosiness
before the advent of inflatable reindeer.
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Carol-Anne Duffy: 'Poetry is the music of being human'
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For the first time, this spring,
I wondered if I'd play again.
Had a pre-season net, thought:
It's really time to stop.
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A day of such translucent calm
It was almost eerie.
The December sun unfeasibly hot
And suspended over field and dry-stone wall
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Brought up on
Khakibos
With its skinny black seeds
That stick to socks and sweaters,
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On the last day
Of a three-week stay in Tokyo
A boat trip along the river
Reveals the city skyline-
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Not covering heads,
but down backs-
green, turquoise, red.
Different degrees.
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Looking at the Elgin Marbles, cows being led to sacrifice,
reminds me of Keats.
And here it is-a plaque-
This frieze was the inspiration for Ode on a Grecian Urn-
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