Poem
Ruth Padel
FALLING
FALLING
FALLING
This isn’t happeningPlay it down
Dress it in Levis or a babygro
Buy it a hamburger
Buy it a drink
Put it out with the cat
Make a credit card arrangement
With the taxidermist on Upper Street
Book it a package deal
Where icicles go
For their holiday in spring
This isn’t happening
And it’s doing it so fast.
© 1998, Ruth Padel
From: Rembrandt Would Have Loved You
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
From: Rembrandt Would Have Loved You
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
Ruth Padel
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1947)
“Ruth Padel combines two major gifts. She is a distinguished poet and a quite exceptional reader of the poetry of others, with a delightful skill in explanation and the instinct of a caring, clearsighted guide to how poetry works and why it matters.”
(George Steiner)
Amongst her many plaudits, Ruth Padel was the winner of the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition in 1996. She was Chair of ...
(George Steiner)
Amongst her many plaudits, Ruth Padel was the winner of the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition in 1996. She was Chair of ...
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FALLING
This isn’t happeningPlay it down
Dress it in Levis or a babygro
Buy it a hamburger
Buy it a drink
Put it out with the cat
Make a credit card arrangement
With the taxidermist on Upper Street
Book it a package deal
Where icicles go
For their holiday in spring
This isn’t happening
And it’s doing it so fast.
From: Rembrandt Would Have Loved You
FALLING
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