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The Poetry Society

Zaffar Kunial poem 'Six' was commended in the #NationalPoetryCompetition 2015. His most recent collection has been shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. You can enter the #NationalPoetryCompetition here: npc.poetrysociety.org.uk Deadline: 31 October First prize: £5,000

...How that word's weight returns me to a fenced world/at the point when mute, blue heavens-- reflecting from high/on nextdoor's greenhouse-- amass the suddenest voice,/sharp as the pitch of polestar. And the held sky falls in.

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