ANDREW JOHNSTON

 

Great Aunt

 

Home star, broken wheel,
bride not spoken for,

where stars abound
she is among them,

where the great aren’t 
coming home 

she will wait 
the sun around, 

she will stand 
her ground.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrew Johnston‘s latest book of poems is Birds of Europe (Victoria University Press, 2000). He lives in Paris, where he works for the International Herald Tribune.

 

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