Alison Croggon wrote:
>
> my father's olives
> are bearing their first fruits
>
> hard green nubs
> among the speechless leaves
>
> in a century the wind
> will grace this grove
>
> with innumerable footprints
> of silver on black
>
> and who will name the man
> who nourished these saplings
>
> in a rabbit-cropped paddock
> knowing more than he said
>
> when he soaked the hot dust
> until the roots were deep enough
>
> to slumber through drought
> and keep the ancient promise
>
> black and bitter and plump
> in their autumn hands
>
> --
>
>
Last line a problem. In whose autumn hands? "Who" is not clearly
plural and there are two plural nouns between it and the ending.
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