William Wootten
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Two poems from ‘Landline’ by William Wootten
Below are two poems from William Wootten’s new collection, Landline, forthcoming from Worple Press this October. Landline is Wootten’s first full-length collection in almost a decade, since You Have a Visitor (Worple) in 2016. This Summer I want something as wonderful as living in this summerWith cat’s ear and hawkbit both out-yellowing a grass,Which is…
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‘Talking at Breakfast’ – a poem by William Wootten
The below poem is taken from William Wootten’s new pamphlet, Looking at the Horsemen, published by New Walk Editions on 4th May. On the same day, it will be launched online in a co-launch with Lisa Kelly. For more information and to register to attend, click here. Reading Walter de la Mare, William’s…
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‘In an Orchard’ – a poem by William Wootten
In an Orchard Shall we drink a while and think of Eden, As in an orchard filled with waspy windfalls Children shout and run? Late summer sun Is angled close to term time, and the walls’ Strong yellow means the days are not so long. Something will go wrong, Slow as…
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Three poems by William Wootten
Mindfulness Imagine truly being in the present, Our every thought upon a plane like one Mapped out by Euclid. Here, the garden sun Is eight minutes old and there is a pleasant Sense of valediction to the moment, As the moment leaves us like a houseguest: Bags stowed, she is…