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These poems are available in print in John Tranter's Late Night Radio, Polygon Press, Edinburgh, 1998.   Listen to the Poet Read  |
- after Cavafy Those coastal fevers are for young people. They like the heat. Here in the hills the air's cool. Young love, it takes your breath away - who can say no? On a sports field, girls in armour whack at each other. Evening comes on. The street lights give out a violet glow. From time to time you hear a passing car. I sit up late, reading sad stories under the light of a lamp called Raymonde. |
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