Poetry Corner: To the thick of the forest

ROY DUFFIELD

your black eyes

and your ears that do not yield

the right grain, they say

are too poor to enter

here, in this garden

party debate, underfed

by a mind malnourished

on peer-reviewed leaves, unbound

for HMS

Victory, unprinted

by the Oxford University

Press—a willow

is closer to Rousseau’s

position on education as a marker

of social mobility

than to an oak

and it’s high time you learnt

your place-

setting / at the bottom

of these woods

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https://www.hastingsindependentpress.co.uk/articles/culture/literature/poetry-corner-to-the-thick-of-the-forest/2023-11-15T16:10:41+00:00HIPLiteraturePoetryROY DUFFIELD your black eyes and your ears that do not yield the right grain, they say are too poor to enter here, in this garden party debate, underfed by a mind malnourished on peer-reviewed leaves, unbound for HMS Victory, unprinted by the Oxford University Press—a willow is closer to Rousseau’s position on education as a marker of social mobility than to an oak and it’s...HIPJason Ellis[email protected]AdministratorHastings Independent Press