Bio: Patrick Wright has a poetry collection, Full Sight of Her (Eyewear), which was nominated for the John Pollard Prize. He has also been twice shortlisted for the Bridport Prize. His poems have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, The North, Southword, Agenda, Wasafiri, London Magazine, and The Reader. He teaches English Literature and Creative Writing at the Open University.

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SepulchralAfter Bernard Pierre Wolff Rain on benches in gardens of remembrance reflects small portions of sky. A chimney in the distance, belching out blackness as if part of some regime. Give me stars as casual gifts. I fear a plateau: no hill to climb. Place me on a precipice. Cut me down for lamentation. Who’s the angel? Her arm draped over her brow & now fallen on marble. Trees quiver gran mal seizures. No-one offers stark witness: a weight of words too…