Hi Stevie, I read 'Our Dead Are Better Than Your Dead' and thought it was great, I thought it shared a lot of the style and sentiment of my own work, please have a look at 'The Mask of Unity' if you find the time, I would appreciate your thoughts. Am I reading too much into this or is there a nod towards Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori about your poem. I'm a great fan of Shelley so my poem is clearly a thinly veiled update of the sentiments expressed in 'The Mask of Anarchy'...

'And the little children, who
Round his feet played to and fro,
Thinking every tear a gem,
Had their brains knocked out by them'


a poem of particular significance for any student of history, of working class origin and living in the Greater Manchester area, and was originally written around the time of UN actions in Bosnia, Serbia, etc... but hasn't lost its relevance in more recent conflicts. To your credit though, I think your writing is more brave than mine.

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