Publisher's Synopsis
'Originality of thought and quality of execution'
- Robert Potts, The Guardian
This Very Selected pamphlet brings together the best selected poetry by Michael Laskey, as part of The Poetry Business' Very Selected collection.
Between Two Lit Rooms
Michael Laskey
After work, of ronce, to walk home
not to drive, foot hinged to the clutch,
through town, but to walk on your own
out into the open dark,
the Plough, the Pole Star, Orion
distancing you from your day.
Then down the ringing wrought-iron
spiral staircase to the softer
asphalt of the all but empty
car park. One January night.
Such space around you, such plenty:
a good fifteen minutes walking
between two lit rooms, the split halves
of your life, the future, the past.
But for now a skive down this path,
the ridge of the fence furred with frost.
