In 2009, Carol Ann Duffy accepted the post of Scotland's Poet Laureate, making her the first female Poet Laureate in the role's 400 year history. Information about her writing and life can be found here. She is best known for her love poems, which are often in the form of monologues, such as this one.
Ship
by Carol Ann Duffy
In the end,
it was nothing more
than the toy boat of a boy
on the local park’s lake,
where I walked with you.
But I knelt down
to watch it arrive,
its white sail shy
with amber light,
the late sun
bronzing the wave
that lifted it up,
my ship coming in
with its cargo of joy.
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