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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carol Rumens

Poem of the week: Last Hope by Ben Wilkinson

‘The graveyard’s oak seems wild and free’
‘The graveyard’s oak seems wild and free’ Photograph: Joel Redman/The Guardian

Last Hope
After Verlaine

Bustled about in this sputtering breeze
the graveyard’s oak seems wild and free,
as if it weren’t crowded with heavy
stones or the millpond’s dying gleam.

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