Aside at a Dinner Party
Her husband died nine years ago,
and still she isn’t over it.
(Our host speaking of her mother.)
As one, each of us falls quiet.
Tim Youngs has poems published or forthcoming in, among other places, Staple, The Interpreter’s House and Hinterland. He is a Professor of English at Nottingham Trent University and the author or editor of several books on travel writing.