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23 July 2020

Velux 1 and Velux 2

Two new poems by Simon Armitage.

By Simon Armitage

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: The Dome of the Capitol Building is seen through a skylight window from the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center September 27, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate is scheduled to vote at 12:30 this afternoon on a House-passed spending bill which will defund the Obamacare. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Velux window,
         headspace 
                             over a slanted booth,

hatch in the mind, 
        the hours refracting
                on blank paper        

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