Coronation Street, by Dame Carol Ann Duffy

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Coronation Street

If someone could direct me to a street where I could stand

Cobbles beneath my feet tearful with rain;

The shadows of my hopes behind the stained- glass windows of a pub, ghosts –

I would turn up the collar of my coat, walk, number each small, terraced house by heart:

Birthplace; neighbours – hardman, hussy, haridan, hustler, hero, heroine –

Threshold, bride and groom as clueless of next year as Christmas Eve;

Or exit-place, a hearse, a raw and local grief...

Then I'd retrace my steps, perhaps a baby's cry sharp as a sudden star nailed to the sky,

To stand now in this backstreet bar, nursing a beer

All my griefs, my gifts, and glad I live here.

Written by Dame Carol Ann Duffy.

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