Best war poetry to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War
Written in 2000, Kate Clanchy’s ‘War Poetry’ begins: ‘The class has dropped its books. The janitor’s/disturbed some wasps, broomed the nest/straight off the roof.’ The enduring power of poetry lies in its way of persistently maintaining significance regardless of when it was written. Some poetry insists upon having something to...
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