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Eurovision 2024
We have become defined by war.
Two years ago, we had the love.
Builders played and danced to our tune,
This fantasy world embraced us:
Plucky sorts, hung out for applause.
Now we are just part of the kitsch.
Since that time – more dead, injured and burned,
But not only that. Deeper marks
Have eaten into Free Ukraine:
The tears of a vanished childhood,
The shame of shr...
Sunday 12th May 2024 7:54 am
Icarus
It’s not surprising there is some fatigue;
Far away lands of which we know not much
Soon regress once the novelty wears off
And the front page headlines have moved elsewhere.
There was that time, of course; Ukraine became
Everyone’s second-favourite country.
Top people swaggered in yellow and blue
And excited queues welcomed the displaced.
It couldn’t last. The ha...
Sunday 10th December 2023 9:17 am
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