Poetry of the Second World War #Winter2022 An amulet in dark times

An amulet in dark times

and Trisha Brown

of the dusk into which they vanish

How her family and friends would react

addiction and recovery: the ambush of real life that occurs in the stillness

Poetry of the Second World War #Winter2022 An amulet in dark timesThe Second World War is now recognized as a watershed for British poetry. The changes that arose were masked for some time by the enormous power and shock of the conflict itself, and by the restrictions on poetry publishing consequent on paper rationing and the general business of wartime. This anthology seeks to showcase not only the harrowingly beautiful poetry born from the conflict, but also the radical changes to style and form that came from the