“This is the word tightrope. Now imagine
a man, inching across it in the space
between our thoughts. He holds our breath.There is no word net.You want him to fall, don't you?
I guessed as much; he teeters but succeeds.
The word applause is written all over him.”

— Carol Ann Duffy

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British writer and professor of contemporary poetry 1955

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“This is the word tightrope. Now imaginea man, inching across it in the spacebetween our thoughts. He holds our breath.There is no word net.You want him to fall, don't you?I guessed as much; he teeters but succeeds.The word applause is written all over him.”

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“This is the word tightrope. Now imagine
a man, inching across it in the space
between our thoughts. He holds our breath.There is no word net.You want him to fall, don't you?
I guessed as much; he teeters but succeeds.
The word applause is written all over him.”