77.2 × 79.5 cm
colour screenprint: printed in 9 colours, with hand-colouring in pink metallic paint
edition 54/80
1988
‘Poem for a Lover’ was inspired by the artist's romantic interlude in Japan. The ill-fated relationship with fellow heroin addict, Janice Spencer, was increasing in velocity around the time he made "Poem for a Lover", and his marriage to Wendy was disintegrating.