After Binyon
After Binyon
Original Text
Gary Barwin, The Porcupinity of the Stars
(Toronto: Coach House Press, 2010): 74.
2as the part of me that's left
3grows old
4rage shall not weary me
5nor the damn years
6yes, and at the sunset
7in the morning
8and all afternoon
9and for much of the night
10I'll remember me
Notes
1] Alluding to "The Fallen" by Lawrence Binyon (1869-1943). Back to Line
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2011
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