After Hávamál, a poem by Vahni Capildeo in The Wolf, issue 34

A short prose-like poem by Vahni Capildeo, printed in The Wolf, issue 34. It takes its title from the Old Norse Hávamál and begins with a guest arriving with lilies. From there it moves to the idea of a book as a gift that gives time, to authorship and accusation, and to a list of certainties such as loss and broken supply chains. The same issue carried an interview with the poet.

Poems in this selection

• After Hávamál