Frieda Hughes: The peculiar anxiety of hosting your own party (or art exhibition)

In her weekly poetry column, poet and artist Frieda Hughes describes the strange anxiety of hosting her own art exhibition

(Frieda Hughes)

For three years I’ve drawn rooms and hallways, balconies and doorways,

Stained glass windows and metal gates festooned with leaves, poppies,

And an eight-foot heron. For three years the builders came and went daily,