The Daily Poem: August

For copyright reasons we are not able to provide the full text of the poem on this database. Following are the details of the publication in which it appears.

This poem first appeared in The Curving Shore (Agenda, 1975), and is now reprinted in Agenda: An Anthology (Carcanet, pounds 25). Anne Beresford's most recent publications are Seal of the Morning (Agenda) and Snapshots from an Album (Catabasis); her next book, Landscape with Figures, will be published later this year.