Splinters

One Response to “Here” here (Larkin)

1. Ben Granger says:

   February 19, 2009 at 1:41 am

   I realise now of course, that a far, far better title for this post would have been ‘Hear “Here”‘. Or perhaps ‘Hear “Here” Here.”

   But then

   “Watching the shied core
   Striking the basket, skidding across the floor,
   Shows less and less of luck, and more and more

   Of failure spreading back up the arm
   Earlier and earlier, the unraised hand calm,
   The apple unbitten in the palm. “