Yvonne Reddick
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‘Waterland’: a poem by Yvonne Reddick
Waterland There are still pike in Jesus Ditch. The length of three finger-joints, quicker than dactyls. Gone before you can say ‘Jack Pickerel.’ Drowned land, drained land, where earth is silt and blood and river. Fen Ditton stippled with pools, Milton’s vocal reeds. City built on water, don’t you know the Wash…