The theme for this year is ‘Truth’

No Second Troy

Why should I blame her that she filled my days 

With misery, or that she would of late 

Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, 

Or hurled the little streets upon the great, 

Had they but courage equal to desire? 

What could have made her peaceful with a mind 

That nobleness made simple as a fire, 

With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind 

That is not natural in an age like this, 

Being high and solitary and most stern? 

Why, what could she have done, being what she is? 

Was there another Troy for her to burn?

A deeply personal and yet also political poem, I felt this was an excellent fit for the theme.

Happy National Poetry Day.

Here’s the Cranberries take on it.