LINK- Poet laureate writes sonnet for Armistice Day centenary events

~ Drneevil

Incredibly moving poem, published in the Guardian today.

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has written a powerful and evocative piece on the legacy and effects of the Great War.

Please click here to read ‘A Wound in Time’ – a poem commissioned by Danny Boyle.

Danny Boyle’s Armistice Day centenary event is called Pages of the Sea and will take place on selected beaches across the UK and Ireland on the 11th of November.

Artist’s impression of one of the Pages of the Sea sand portraits – from the Guardian
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Published by Drneevil

Blogger, podcaster, reader, knitter. Founder of Leeds Book Club; host of Culturally Fixated; co-host of Conversations with Geek People; tech support for Leeds Browncoats.

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