White Nights: Poems

By Alan Jenkins

Long After

The little smoke-black steamer, wet with spray,
You went aboard, bound for England, home
And Blighty . . . The screws were churning up white foam
As you stood shivering on deck, she in a cloak
That clung wetly to her shoulders--the colour of dirt
Or mourning--and the hat, battered straw,
Without a ribbon or a feather, that,
If she were rich, she would throw away;
That she must wear and wear until it's dust
Or she is. Round her neck she wore
The handkerchief with which she waved goodbye for good.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937679462
• ISBN13: 9781937679460
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Sheep Meadow Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 8.9"