Poem
Andrew McMillan
finally
finally
finally
a day will come whenwoken by the xylophone
of sunthroughblinds
you’ll realize
that the beach was not the place
where horses tore the sand
to ribbon
that the scent of him has lifted
from the last of the sheets
that he isn’t coming back
that it hasn’t rained
but the birds are pretending that it has
so they can sing
© 2015, Andrew McMillan
From: physical
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
From: physical
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Andrew McMillan
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1988)
Andrew McMillan is one of a brilliant generation of young British poets in their twenties, and also one of a growing number of British LGBT poets. His work has been called “electrifyingly fresh and lyrical” (David Morley) and “a glorious, vivid exploration of the body” (Michael Symmons Roberts). His first collection, Physical, was Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Autumn 2015, was shortlis...
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finally
a day will come whenwoken by the xylophone
of sunthroughblinds
you’ll realize
that the beach was not the place
where horses tore the sand
to ribbon
that the scent of him has lifted
from the last of the sheets
that he isn’t coming back
that it hasn’t rained
but the birds are pretending that it has
so they can sing
From: physical
finally
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