The Loaf (by Paul Muldoon)
Original Text:
Paul Muldoon, Moy Sand and Gravel (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002).
This
poem
is reproduced on the Griffin Prize Web Site
(from the winning volume on the 2003 International Shortlist).
1When I put my finger to the hole they've cut for a dimmer
2 switch
3in a wall of plaster stiffened with horsehair
4it seems I've scratched a two-hundred-year-old itch
The rest of the poem cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.RPO poem Editors:
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition:
2011