A new poem by Sean O'Brien, written in response to the latest phase of conflict between Israel and Hamas
Katyusha, Katyusha,
Arrow of fire:
Kingdom Come, is it
Below or above?
Choked in a tunnel
With morphine and bread,
Or charred in the wreck
Of an olive grove?
Katyusha, Katyusha,
Spear of desire,
Are there green pastures,
A brave desert rose,
Or must it be prison
With pillars of flame?
Katyusha, Katyusha,
A grave, or a rose?
Katyusha, Katyusha,
God only knows.
by Sean O'Brien
شارك بتعليقك
* 1979 - Eric Gregory Award
* 1984 - Somerset Maugham Award – The Indoor Park
* 1988 - Cholmondeley Award
* 1993 - E. M. Forster Award[5]
* 1995 - Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year) – Ghost Train[6]
* 2001 - Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year) – Downriver
* 2001 - Northern Writer of the Year Award
* 2001 - T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) – Downriver
* 2006 - Forward Poetry Prize (Best Single Poem for Fantasia on a Theme of James Wright)
* 2007 - Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award[7]
* 2007 - Forward Poetry Prize (Best Collection) – The Drowned Book
* 2007 - T. S. Eliot Prize – The Drowned Book[8]