Love leter
Bring it here
You have no business writing letters
During my lesson
Do you understand
See me later
No you can’t have it back
At least not until it’s corrected to my satisfaction
Sit down
Let’s see
First, the salutation
Darling won’t do
Try something more original
Is that what you call her
Fine
Yes you can say it like that
But remember that grammatically it’s a question
I take it that going with
Means forming a relationship
The turn of phrase
Is clumsy
What about something more casual
That sounds much better
Right
An invitation home is good
So long as you express yourself politely
Is it for an evening
Or a longer period
It certainly marks
A turning point
Would you prefer something more modest
It’s a question of being cool
I see
I wonder if that’s wise
Sleeping together is a big commitment
Do you have to mention
The technicalities
This particular word
Is not English in this sense
By the way you’ve misspelled precaution
You want to impress her
Naturally
That’s it
Write it at home next time
No, not during my lesson
And I should what you say
Well – thanks for telling me
I’ll try
Charles Evans lectures on Russian life and culture and is currently researching Russian productions of modern English theatre for the British Academy. He has won two national playwriting awards and his poems have appeared in various magazines.
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magazine list
- Features
- zines
- 10th Muse
- 14
- Acumen
- Agenda
- Ambit
- Angel Exhaust
- ARTEMISpoetry
- Atlas
- Blithe Spirit
- Borderlines
- Brando's hat
- Brittle Star
- Candelabrum
- Cannon's Mouth, The
- Chroma
- Coffee House, The
- Dream Catcher
- Equinox
- Erbacce
- Fabric
- Fire
- Floating Bear, The
- French Literary Review, The
- Frogmore Papers, The
- Global Tapestry
- Grosseteste Review
- Homeless Diamonds
- Interpreter's House, The
- Iota
- Journal, The
- Lamport Court
- London Magazine, The
- Magma
- Matchbox
- Matter
- Modern Poetry in Translation
- Monkey Kettle
- Moodswing
- Neon Highway
- New Welsh Review
- North, The
- Oasis
- Obsessed with pipework
- Orbis
- Oxford Poetry
- Painted, spoken
- Paper, The
- Pen Pusher Magazine
- Poetry Cornwall
- Poetry London
- Poetry London (1951)
- Poetry Nation
- Poetry Review, The
- Poetry Salzburg Review
- Poetry Scotland
- Poetry Wales
- Private Tutor
- Purple Patch
- Quarto
- Rain Dog
- Reach Poetry
- Review, The
- Rialto, The
- Second Aeon
- Seventh Quarry, The
- Shearsman
- Smiths Knoll
- Smoke
- South
- Staple
- Strange Faeces
- Tabla Book of New Verse, The
- Thumbscrew
- Tolling Elves
- Ugly Tree, The
- Weyfarers
- Wolf, The
- Yellow Crane, The