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
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A poem by William Bedford
Dowsing ‘A dowser is a poet’ you thought, leaning on the farm gate to find the way. But maps have never helped us much, our best glimpses when we went astray, left the paths the maps taught, like starlings circling an unrisen sun. ‘We could try following the signs’ you say, but I was … Continue reading A poem by William Bedford
