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Helen Tookey
Helen Tookey was born near Leicester in 1969 and now lives in Liverpool. She studied philosophy at university and subsequently worked in publishing. She currently teaches creative writing at Liverpool John Moores University. She has published two previous poetry collections with Carcanet Press, Missel-Chil d (2014, shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney...read more |
Poem of the Day
Burning Rubbish
A peachy sunset
over a line of black fir trees,
fires all over our field.
I am there in shorts and sandals
running with a can of petrol
to revive the drooping flames,
my father’s solid body
standing still among the blazes
like a Roman General,
just here, this evening
for once
like a king.
Taken from 'The Windows of Graceland'...over a line of black fir trees,
fires all over our field.
I am there in shorts and sandals
running with a can of petrol
to revive the drooping flames,
my father’s solid body
standing still among the blazes
like a Roman General,
just here, this evening
for once
like a king.
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