Two poems i.m. Florence Winifred Bedford 20.10.1915 – 09.09.2008   Early Arrival She came a mite early by the calendar, fuelling gossip and glee in spiteful eyes, an autumn surprise for court fourteen in rack-rent Brightside’s cuts and ginnels. The landlord thrived on stolen lives. But the horses she saw pulled carts of flowers, and … Continue reading Two poems by William Bedford