The price of Adlestrop
Jan 26th, 2012 | By Ian Poulton | Category: MinistryBuying Matthew Hollis’ book Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas because of a single poem, ‘Adlestrop,’ there is a pondering of what it is in the poem that prompts the purchase.
Yes, I remember Adlestrop –
the name, because one afternoon
of heat the express-train drew up there
unwontedly. It was late June.The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.
no one left and no one came
on the bare platform. What I saw
was Adlestrop — only the nameAnd willows, willow-herb, and
…