The Friday Poem

A poem every Friday

Tony Curtis

A photograph of Dannie Abse in a comfortable-looking study or sitting room.He is wearing a tweed jacket and a denim shirt, his hair is white and he is laughing. Photo credit Amit Lennon.

Ticking its own wild time

Tony Curtis on 'In the Theatre' by Dannie Abse, a poem which changed his life as a writer


Photo credit and copyright Amit Lennon
The Friday Poem 'Flying the Lanner' by Tony Curtis

Flying the Lanner

by Tony Curtis — A ball of clawed and beaked fluff in the cage: // first she must walk / and then run / and then learn to fly / but only to Griff, who is her mother / and the only mother she will ever know.