The toadstool towers infest the
shore:
Stink-horns
that propagate and spore
Wherever
the wind blows.
Scafell
looks down from the bracken band
And sees
hell in a grain of sand,
And feels
the canker itch between his toes.
This is a
land where the dirt is clean
And
poison pasture, quick and green,
And storm
sky, bright and bare;
Where
sewers flow with milk, and meat
is carved
up for the fire to eat,
And children suffocate in God's fresh air.
And children suffocate in God's fresh air.
This is the only poem I can remember a bit of studied it for o level in 1984. Thought it was amazing.
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ReplyDeleteSimple in its language and structure but powerful in its message
ReplyDeleteAfter over forty years of working at the place in question, O have just discovered this masterpiece
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