History in the Abbey On the angelic figures literally defaced on Wymondham Abbey’s medieval font. Difficult sometimes to find history inside the Abbey. History has been removed, temporarily; sorry, history is not working at the moment. Above your heads sometimes history is waiting, or you walk on it, without noticing. History will have nothing to say about your visit. And then sometimes in the great silences between visitors, history comes close, with obliterated features stares blindly right into your face.
Martin Caseley has published two collections of poetry with Stride publications, most recently A Sunday Map of the World (2000). More recently, his poetry has appeared on the Agenda website, and he regularly contributes essays and book reviews to PN Review, Agenda, The Countryman and the review 31 and International Times websites. He lives in Norfolk, not far from Norwich.
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