Chosen Poems Flashcards
Exposure - weather is the real enemy
‘…merciless iced east winds that knive us…’ WAR
Exposure - the fight is endless
‘…incessently the flickering gunnery rumbles’ WAR
Exposure - the war is horrific
‘Littered with blossoms…’ WAR
Checking out me History - divergence
‘Dem tell me’ IDENTITY
Checking out me History - no identity
‘Blind me to my own identity’ IDENTITY
Checking out me History - a new reminder of black history
‘a yellow sunrise to the dying’ IDENTITY
The Prelude - nature can attack us
‘upreared it’s head’ NATURE
The Prelude - it’s hard to keep control over nature.
‘…heaving through the water like a swan.’
The Prelude - nature is more powerful than we realise
‘No familiar shapes remained’ NATURE
Storm on the Island - something safe can turn violent and overpowering
‘spits like a tame cat / Turned savage.’ POWER
Storm on the Island - you become immune to the violence. It has power over you
‘Exploding comfortably…’ POWER
Storm on the Island - fear is something you can’t escape it will always have a hold over you
‘Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear.’ POWER
Remains - the soldiers weren’t in much danger
‘probably armed, possibly not.’ MEMORY
Remains - war follows him round
‘His blood shadow…’ MEMORY
Remains - his memory is his enemy
‘dug in behind enemy lines.’ MEMORY
