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published in Stand, 8,
2, no.186, 2008
from
Variations on Sappho 95
21
No
wonder, Ms Dally,
the
florist mistook your name for Mrs Dalloway
when
you gathered sickle arm-
fuls
of arum-
lilies,
irises, delphiniums and lilac,
all
that we ve come to lack
since
the flowering of modernism Stand,
as
an urn and vase shall always stand
on
your tag re and music cabinet
or
a kitchen unit,
over-
flowering
with flowers and with greenery leafed over
to
the leaf everlasting. Never endue
the
sickly lotuses with their due.
Chris Preddle
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update:
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Chris
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