Wild Court

An international poetry journal based in the English Department of King’s College London

Peter Robinson

  • ‘Nearly No Memory’: a poem by Peter Robinson

    ‘Nearly No Memory’: a poem by Peter Robinson

    Nearly No Memory Myopic eyes with specs’ transparent frames,shy look and wealth of auburn hair,my mother in that teenage photois posed by her dad, both hands behind her head;and I can see him ruffle that hair,patting her head by way of compensation(not being granddad’s favourite)and how I would resent it,mum treated like a child in…

  • ‘Chocolate Factory’ – a poem by Peter Robinson

    ‘Chocolate Factory’ – a poem by Peter Robinson

            Chocolate Factory   for Andrew McDonald   Like a natural outsider over listed cobblestones to this once mews-like stable block, then chocolate factory, hence its name, on a visit to your studio, I’m late – caught in the rain. It’s accessed by some iron steps and walkways to the farther end, narrow,…