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January 08, 2012
A seed sown
A different century, but another haunting poem written by Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy to mark the conviction of two of the murderers of Stephen Lawrence.
Cold pavement indeed
the night you died,
murdered;
but the airborne drop of blood
from your wound
was a seed
your mother sewed
into hard ground
your life's length doubled,
unlived, stilled,
till one flower, thorned,
bloomed
in her hand,
love's just blade.
Tragic, beautiful and a tribute to a Mother's determination, righteous anger and never ending love.
Posted by Shelliz at January 8, 2012 05:59 PM