Thomas Blackburn Red Poems
- 1. Café Talk
‘Of course,' I said, ‘we cannot hope to find
What we are looking for in anyone;
They glitter, maybe, but are not the sun,
This pebble here, that bit of apple rind.
... - 2. An Invitation
Holding with shaking hands a letter from some
Official – high up he says in the Ministry,
I note that I am invited to Birmingham,
There pedagogues to address for a decent fee.
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