So, anyway, I've written a poem to mark the occasion. Thought I might post it. I write very few poems at the moment, so...
FINDING CHARLOTTE
So with a smile he
overstepped the grave
I’ve been looking for you, Charlotte Mew,
For quite a while, and now I’ve found you
I’ll return with a book one bright day
And, being dead, you’ll not turn away.
I’ve stepped over you a dozen times
Map marked for an outstanding stone.
Wasn’t ready for collapse, the lone
Prone unmarker among upright lines.
I shall stand above you in the rain
And I’ll watch your dull limestone sheening
I shall stand above you in the sun
While the damned parakeets are keening,
Now I’ve found you, Charlotte Mew.
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Wynn Wheldon
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