The new notebook (LentBlog9)

Anthony Wilson

After Charles Wright

Strives for perfection-Thursday
Is begun day         after     votings
Old envelope from the hospital)

Will not contain a recipe of
Strives for
Is not linked                 monetary

(Notebook     ]…[         sleepless nights
Looks back fondly         its failures
fiery     conclusion

Is Spring-Liberty         Love Of Pencil
Was died                never buried
Is notebook        as a     daffodil as a table

Has question     has noted         is in the_
Quietude       unimaginable     connection
Pattern Suddenness Coherence              a joy

Published by Anthony Wilson

I am a lecturer, poet and writing tutor. I work in teacher and medical education at the University of Exeter. My anthology Lifesaving Poems, based on the blog of the same name, is available from Bloodaxe Books. Love for Now, my memoir of cancer, is published by Impress Books. Deck Shoes, a book of prose memoir and criticism, and The Afterlife, my fifth book of poems, are available now from Impress Books and Worple Press. My current research project is Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.

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