Poetry for Peace: Part 1: Words of a child in a hospital under bombardment

This series will share poems centred around the tragedy of war. They may be uncomfortable, and even heartbreaking, but one of the functions of art is to make us feel. And in these dark times, feeling for others is perhaps the best way to inspire us. … More Poetry for Peace: Part 1: Words of a child in a hospital under bombardment

The way we were

I wonder if any of them – as they existed in those freeze frame shots I look at now – I wonder if any of them, at that time, planned to be what they are now. Where they are now. I wonder if they envisioned their future, a quarter century later, as being what it is now… … More The way we were