Poetry Thursday - Mrs Icarus by Carol Ann Duffy

The Fall of Icarus by Marc Chagall, 1975 (via)

Mrs Icarus

I'm not the first or the last
to stand on a hillock,
watching the man she married
prove to the world
he's a total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock.

-- Carol Ann Duffy


When "The World's Wife" appeared in 1999 I bought several copies, which were well received as presents. The poems are of varying lengths; they don't get much shorter than Mrs Icarus, only Mrs Darwin, and for most, you need to turn they page.