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Royal Festival Hall (Level 5), Southbank Centre, LondonOpen Tuesday 12 noon - 6 pm, Wednesday to Sunday 12 noon – 8 pm
Poems on the Underground, Series 14
You tread softlyAs if the earth is made of snow.
Gesturing broadly to your guest:“This is where our great memorial will be.”
You lower your gaze;Your guest follows your lead.
The memory of war pierces you;Your tears drop like blood.
Pause.Poetry is rising.
Our graves beneath you:An inverted heaven.
A sliver of a sunflowerUnfolds to meet the sun.
Children of freedom:Dip your pensDeep into our souls;We have made ink.