KING ALFRED’S BOOK & OTHER POEMS (1992–2000)

& OTHER POEMS

(1992‒2000)

TO TAMSIN AND GABRIEL

We love best what is given us: no choices

Speak to us like our new-born babies’ voices.

Children, if you have ever felt neglected,

Don’t blame me. Blame the children I’ve selected.

On my ‘Selected Poems’

1995