FALL 2007

 


FALL 2007



Penelope Shuttle

LOVER WHO NEVER WAS

Everyone has had me,
the lover who never was -
I arrange to meet you nowhere,
and I’m always late -
I never write, I never phone
Be honest, that’s the way you like it
I’m so perfect,
I’ll never get over myself,
and nor will you -
So much sleep gets lost over me,
I wonder how the world copes,
dead-tired every morning,
needing me to make everything okay,
more than okay,
to bring about a happy ending -
What happy ending


Penelope Shuttle lives in Cornwall, in the far west of England, by the sea. Her eighth collection, REDGROVE'S WIFE, appeared from BLOODAXE BOOKS, UK, in Spring 2006, and contains elegies for her late husband, the poet Peter Redgrove, who died in 2003. REDGROVE'S WIFE was shortlisted for the Forward Prize, and has just been short-listed for the T S Eliot Prize. Her SELECTED POEMS are available from CARCANET PRESS, UK.

 

 

 


 

Poetrybay seeks fine poetry, reviews, commentary and essays without restriction in form or content, and reserves first electronic copyright to all work published. All rights to published work revert to the author following publication. All Email submissions should be in body of email text.

To submit poems write to:

PO Box 114 
Northport NY 11768
or email us at 
info@poetrybay.com

send comments to info@poetrybay.com

first electronic copyright 2004 poetrybay. 
all rights revert to authors

website comments to dpb@islandguide.com