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Estill Pollock‘s first pamphlet selection of poems, Metaphysical Graffiti, was published in England. This was followed by a principal collection, Constructing the Human (Poetry Salzburg), which was later developed into the book cycle, Blackwater Quartet. Between 2005-11, in collaboration with Cinnamon Press in Wales, he published a second major book cycle, Relic Environments Trilogy. His latest collection, Entropy is published by Broadstone Books (2021) in the United States. A native of Kentucky, he has lived in England for forty years.

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LONDON IN THOSE TIMES

London in those times
Of Empire, the waterlines
Of sailing fleets weighed
Low with slaves and spice, the world
Packed piecemeal into the holds

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A greasy light cuts
The chill, but will not repair
The damp, his window
Above the muleskinner’s yard
Shut tight against steel on bone

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A rough-coated dog
Noses along the gutter
For chop scraps…