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In these challenging times we’ve curated a collection of poems which reflect different aspects of war, conflict and loss. Whilst highlighting the human cost of war by representing individual and shared grief, these poems affirm our collective humanity and speak…

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Hostile Environment - Keith Jarrett
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4 poems available

“..and only they, children, excellent students of their own self worth, do know the value of their lives - from 'Outside St Dominic's Priory. Snapshot, July 2015'”

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5 poems available

“I myself am bored / of fig leaves, of shames / I did not choose” – from ‘About Ana’

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2 poems available

“The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself” – Derek Walcott

Poetry Archive Now
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Derek Walcott

B. 1930 D. 2017

2 poems available

“What's poetry, if it's worth its salt, / but a phrase men can pass from hand to mouth?”

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Citizen One - Roger Robinson
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Rock, Paper, Scissors - Richard Osmond
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Surge 3 - Jay Bernard
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