tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post1881304109628487858..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: We brought our troops home for lack of money...George Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-46700269269950836502011-06-24T12:09:57.605+01:002011-06-24T12:09:57.605+01:00great poem from an era that frighteningly looks li...great poem from an era that frighteningly looks like ours - global recession, simmering ethnic and social resentments -<br />It echoes the strange atmosphere of contemporary times - life going on amidst the ruins of a corrupted, collapsed system - like people drinking tea on the decks of the Titanic!Cormac O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559987763381846338noreply@blogger.com