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‘My Pal Leonard’ – Heather Cook’s poem about Gallipoli
PHOTOGRAPH: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM Heather Cook talks about the inspiration for her first world war poem ‘My Pal Leonard’: “The inspiration for it came from my grandfather’s handwritten record of his life, which he was encouraged to write when well into his 90s. He remained active and a force to be reckoned with until… →
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Pea Soup sonnet
by Peter Morley Shall I compare thee to a London smog? Thou art more green and more leguminate. Pea soup by name but made from flesh of hog, Mum-made soup needs no sell-by date. First mother’s milk then soup ambrosian, Ingredients gathered from pig and garden By thrift and love, by mother… →
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