20 Jul 2009

guardian.co.uk poem of the week: Martial Diptych by Glyn Maxwell

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I love the strange rhythmn of this poem - the line break comes before you expect and it just chnages the whole feel of the poem somehow. I'd never heard of Glyn Maxwell before - I'll definitely try and find some more of his petry.