Poems to share
No Message
by Roger McGough
At first, picture postcards.
Next to my address:
A blank stare
The occasional letter.
Envelope open to reveal:
An empty page
The late-night phone call.
I recognise the intake of your breath
But no voice
Finally, the bottle
Washed up on the beach
By the morning tide
Pulling out the cork
I remove the slip of paper.
In your handwriting it say;
‘No Message’
© Roger McGough 2016. Reproduced by kind permission of the author.
