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Untidy Dreadful Table
WS Graham
1918 – 1986
Inscription found on the table of WS Graham
Untidy dreadful table
You’ve taken the weight of words
Along lines upon lines upon your back
Vertical lines like reeds rising from a lake
You’ve felt the thud of keys
Against carbon against paper
And now beyond the space
Beyond the poet
Who laid down words and walked away
Beyond the time of urgency
The capturing of words
To engage a passing reader
In this quiet space
In this corner of an imagined place
Sitting in front
Of an untidy dreadful table
Commissioned by the National Poetry Library as part of Constructing Spaces. In partnership with graduates of the Poetry School’s MA in Writing Poetry.