Annunciations
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Empty roomsbehind the madonnaas the angelgives his news.
Empty roomsin perspective,their vanishing pointsall vanished.
Empty roomsfilled with light,Mary's stool or thronealways outside.
Empty roomsfull of absence,waiting fora child to arrive
and fill the world. [End Page 380]
Rupert M Loydell
Rupert M Loydell is senior lecturer at Falmouth University, the editor of Stride magazine, and a contributing editor to International Times. His most recent book of poems is Dear Mary, published by Shearsman Books, 2017. He has previously contributed to the academic journals New Writing, English, Punk & Post Punk and the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, and hundreds of print and online poetry magazines.
