Justice - and poems - for Grenfell

Who could fail to be moved by yesterday's display - yet again - of the quiet dignity of the Grenfell bereaved and survivors? For most of us, something beyond words. But sometimes words do go a little way towards expressing the almost inexpressible. I spent yesterday evening in Newport at a "Poems for Grenfell" event at the Dolman Theatre. Some of the 62 poets, of all nationalities and backgrounds, who had contributed to the anthology on which the event was based read to a hushed and humbled audience; the poems of others, who were unable to be there, were read for them. So grim, yet inspiring, a reminder of  a wholly preventable catastrophe that "should be forever seared into our nation's collective memory" (Sadiq Khan).

Available from The Onslaught Press
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