No Remembering here …

I have been thinking recently of images from World War 1 which depict the environmental damage sustained. It is a reminder that war affects not just humanity but our natural environment as well.

Today, the focus of our Remembrance is, necessarily, shifting from the ‘Great War’ to other conflicts which litter the last century and engage us in new and increasingly personal ways … which, while even more destructive, still beg the question ‘Why?’.

So, this is the first of my Remembrance 2022 poems …