Dominic Leonard

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Ape of Form

So long
the hour adheres to my purpose:

to have known suffering
nebulously, kept our life bound

by the mutation
of dominion and great buildings

ossified, pedestals
illustriously decorated, and locked gates

and fire within.
I have not changed a great deal

has changed. My moody riverside kingdom
burnt, focal and flightless,

and its deft dead
and their cold, yabbering hearts.

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DOMINIC LEONARD’s pamphlet of medieval centos, love, bring myself was a Poetry Book Society Selection. In 2019 he received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors. He lives and teaches in London.