David Morley

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David Morley
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Enchantment

The Invisible Kings

The Rose of the Moon

On Not Rushing at Waterfalls

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Whitethroat
                           

Whitesmiths work the tinct tin into leaves.
                         
They could weave, if they chose, a whole whitten of it.
                           
It would glitter, that false wayfarer’s tree,
                          
as the whitethorn, or the whitethroat calling from its false leaves.


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David Morley.

David is the award-winning writer of nine books of poetry and the editor of six anthologies of new fiction and poetry. He writes criticism, essays and reviews for The Guardian, PN Review and Poetry Review. His next book of poems is Enchantment from Carcanet in November this year.

He recently published a new book of Romany poems The Invisible Kings, a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, and  The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing. David is Director of the Warwick Writing Programme at The University of Warwick where he is Professor of Writing and Director of the Warwick Prize for Writing.