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what remains?
Inspired by the story of Paul Barnett, a soldier in the Labour Corps during WW1. what remains? not the noise of battle not the trenches not the mud not the young men places remain Passchendaele, Somme, Verdun and names on headstones in manicured cemeteries identical memorials camouflaging those who lie beneath and poppies what remains? not the noise of battle not the trenches not the mud not the young men © 2017 Philip Barnett |
what remains? (2022)
A response to the situation in Ukraine what remains? not the shouts of children playing not the bustle of people shopping not the applause at the theatre just the noise of battle places remain Kharkiv, Kherson, Mariupol in ruins and broken hearts and shattered dreams and indelible memories and sadness what remains? not the shouts of children playing not the bustle of people shopping not the applause at the theatre just the noise of battle © 2022 Philip Barnett |