Anne Pennington

Portrait of Vasko Popa
Vasko Popa 1922–1991

Until her last breath she enlarges Her Oxford house Built in Slavonic Vowels and consonants

She polishes the corner-stones Until their Anglo-Saxon shine Begins to sing

Her death is like a short breath-stop Under the distant limetrees of her friends

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