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Rachel Spence

"Because this is a Venice Poem (after Tishani Doshi) by Rachel Spence" in black text on white with a Friday Poem yellow blob below the text like a rising / setting sun.

Because this is a Venice Poem (after Tishani Doshi)

by Rachel Spence — Expect to hear the words lagoon, pigeon, crumbling. / Expect to read of water as desire ...
Black text on white reads ‘Fox by Rachel Spence’ with half a yellow Friday Poem blob visible over the top right hand side.

Fox

by Rachel Spence — A fox on a wet autumn night outside the British Museum / fleeing into a gas pipe as I chivvy you out of the building / into the rush-hour rainshine of car metal, headlights, // trampled leaves. I’m several steps ahead when / you

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