Three Wise Men by Carol Ann Duffy Offord Road Books A hardback edition can be

A hardback edition can be found here

Virgula is invoked as a muse and a companion

Maryland Poet Laureate

posing as many questions as it answers

Three Wise Men by Carol Ann Duffy Offord Road Books A hardback edition can beIt was the twelfth night of the winter feasts and giant yule logs had burned without cease . . . Seeking refuge from a snowstorm, a nameless traveller is welcomed into an ancient hall to warm their bones and fill their stomach, if they will hear the stories of three wise men and judge whom amongst them tells the truth. What follows are three tales of despair and devotion, of indigence and immortality. A lovelorn youth plies the object of his