North-West
Carol Ann Duffy * Track #20 On Feminine Gospels
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Album Feminine Gospels
- #1The Long Queen
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- #2The Map-Woman
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- #3Beautiful
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- #4The Diet
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- #5The Woman Who Shopped
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- #6Work
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- #7Tall
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- #8Loud
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- #9History
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- #10Sub
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- #11The Virgin’s Memo
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- #12Anon
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- #13The Laughter of Stafford Girl’s High
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- #14A Dreaming Week
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- #15White Writing
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- #16Gambler
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- #17The Light Gatherer
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- #18The Cord
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- #19Wish
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- #20North-West
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- #21Death and The Moon
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North-West by Carol Ann Duffy
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Carol Ann DuffyAbout
The penultimate poem in Duffy’s collection ‘Feminine Gospels’ is a sonnet (see below). North-West addresses themes of place, the nature of belonging and memory. These are expressed through the speaker’s reflections on the city of Liverpool, where she studied and where she had a long friendship with...
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However it is we return to the water's edge
where the ferry grieves down by the Pier Head,
we do what we always did and get on board.
The city drifts out of reach. A huge silvery bird,
a kiss on the lip of the wind, follows our ship.
This is where we were young, the place no map
or heritage guide can reveal. Only an X on a wave
marks the spot, the flowers of litter, a grave
for our ruined loves, unborn children, ghosts.
We look back at the skyline wondering what we lost
in the hidden streets, in the rented rooms,
no more than punters now in a tourist boom.
Above our heads the gulls cry yeah yeah yeah.
Frets of the light on the river. Tearful air.
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North-West was written by Carol Ann Duffy.