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A poem in an instant...
Colour of moth wing,
faithful against a crush
of darkness, pupils dilated
to harvest moons,
left eye struggling for the right,
reaching
to peg words
on a flapping washing line,
Every year, Poetry on Loan runs a poetry competition for people who live, work or study in the West Midlands. This year's theme was Vision, and the winner of the adult category was this poem - My daughter's first eye test, by Olga Dermott-Bond.
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