OSLO
what you do. follow the slow tram
into the night. wear your coat with the hood.
you ‘re foreign here. the town reveals itself
the way the one you live in never could.
not to speak the language makes you
innocent again, invisible.
…
pg 32, ANVIL PRESS POETRY 1993
APPOINTED POET LAUREATE 2009
WINNER OF THE FORWARD POETRY PRIZE
AND THE WHITEBREAD POETRY AWARD 1993
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