Literary reviews by Tim Love.
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Showing posts with label 'From me to you'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 'From me to you'. Show all posts

Saturday, 23 February 2019

"From me to you" by UA Fanthorpe and RV Bailey (Enitharmon/Peterloo, 2007)

I'm not convinced. "With you" and "You" probably meant more to the authors than to anyone else. Here are some extracts

  • I would like you to think I love you accurately
    Like Baskerville kern that fits its place to a T.
    (p.10)
  • Absence is incontinent. It leaves
    Shaming wet patches in obvious places.
    Some people cry easily. I am one.
    (p.26)
  • first to confirm
    Us as livers-together, you who took us so simply
    For granted, translator of life into
    The vernacular of love,
    You who saw love, where innocent others
    Saw only convenience
    (p.29 - "Elegy for a cat")