School
Sarah Crown interviews Alice Oswald.
the trauma of a single sleepless night
back door left open for the cat
the dog and the breeze to blow in.
the natural world seductively democratic
a tree between clauses
a tree so romantically immersive
every quarrel you pick up
looks like moonlight plant-life water.
a white-limbed flowing-haired
glamorising war of small stories.
this is a genius this is one person
which also serves a pitch-perfect description
of returning to a gleaming wishbone.
Jack Houston works for Hackney’s public library service. He is poetry editor at www.nutshellmagazine.com
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/09/alice-oswald-homer-iliad-interview