A Photograph
by Shirley Toulson
‘A Photograph’ is a powerful poem about loss, memory, and time. Despite the fact that it focuses on one speaker’s
Shirley Toulson was an English writer born in May 1924. She also worked as a journalist and politician. Her books include Shadows in an Orchard, published in 1960, and The Fault, Dear Brutus: A Zodiac of Sonnets, published in 1972. She passed away on September 23, 2018.
‘A Photograph’ is a powerful poem about loss, memory, and time. Despite the fact that it focuses on one speaker’s