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Poem of the week: Fish by Peter Finch

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A witty riff on the avant garde, and Wales, sparkles and spits

Fish

He wrote the things decades back
He did them underwater
He pulled them out like sonic fish,
Dada hake, Bauhaus trout, Schwitters skate,
Showed them to Ormond who shook his head.
You’ve energy, Finch, but
they’ll not put that on your grave.
Flailing in the Welsh fog.

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