A bomb
hitting the cold concrete
of a deserted square
at midnight
is envious of moonlight
which even when falling
on the cold concrete
of a deserted square falls
as if on a field
of flowers at midnight.

MTC Cronin

 

MTC Cronin has published twenty books (poetry, prose poems and essays). Recent collections include in possession of loss (Shearsman Books, 2014) and The Law of Poetry (Puncher & Wattmann, 2015), the latter of which was written over two decades.

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