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by Arwen Webb you gave up your teaching jobarrested unafraidforce fed forty-nine timesa month’s hard labouryou blockaded your cellthe guard filled it with wateryou sued the wardensthey…
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This poem is one of the many from the new poetry anthology Shoulder to Shoulder: Poems to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General... Continue reading
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