Poets/George Szirtes

George Szirtes

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Dark corridors, crammed bedrooms, stairs that smell …

George Szirtes

Were I to fall in love all over again, it would be …

George Szirtes

Four poilus in a wood austerely shitting. …

George Szirtes

What you cannot see through those windows …

George Szirtes

A moving shadow, nothing, just a tree, …

George Szirtes

I have seen eternity and it is like this, …

George Szirtes

Love, we were young once, and ran races …

George Szirtes

The eye is drawn to that single yellow star …

George Szirtes

The visionary moment comes …

George Szirtes

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