Written by Simon Armitage in 2022 about the current war in Ukraine
It’s war again: a family carries its family out of a pranged house under a burning thatch
Toddlers passed over heads and shoulders, lifetimes stowed in luggage racks
It’s war again: unmistakable smoke on the near horizon mistaken for thick fog. Fingers crossed
An air-raid siren can’t fully mute the cathedral bells – let’s call that hope