
W.S. Graham's Implements in Their Places (Faber, 1977), 2 of 2
Here's a second run of favourite passages from this splendid book: Do not intrude too much Into the message you carry.... from 'Johann Joachim Quantz's Five Lessons' So she was seen to enter The wood with her young skirt Flashing. from 'The Lost Miss Conn' To set the scene. The night Wind is rushing the moon Across the winter road. A mile away a farm Blinks its only eye. from 'The Murdered Drinker' Up over the wood's roof I imagine The long sigh of Outside goes. from 'The Sec