The Daily Poem: Building the Boat

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John Greening, born in 1954 in London, works as a teacher near Huntingdon. His first publication was Westerners (Hippopotamus Press, 1982). This poem was written in 1990, and will be part of his new collection Huntingdonshire Eclogues, yet to be published.