After “killing time” a thousand times <br />The poet laureate shall visit soldiers <br />Wearing a war arsenal shall he look <br />Morale and repeat Kipling’s “If” if he <br /> <br />Shall the ugliness be transfused more <br />When not the coincidences in “beautiful her” <br />With a night vision he shall see the war <br />As from a gunship the homeless run <br /> <br />Shall not to the poet happen into the doom <br />The celebrity on the high tide of air in blades <br />Some new arrows in display this time <br />His favorite pieces the one “sherry” naught forget <br /> <br />The poet laureate shall chronicle “Homeric odysseys” <br />Bravery of dead soldiers few tears on way back <br />He had seen him dying in front he shall tell <br />To the love of the soldier with poetic fervor <br /> <br />What price is yours for writing my miseries <br />When you shall recite to the world my wounds <br />With mock sadness holding your breath <br />With high colors you shall display the laurels <br /> <br />(On news item that poet Simon Armitage has been engaged by BBC to visit Afghanistan) <br /> <br />27/5/2009 <br />P S: Simon Armitage is a contemporary British writer of verse and prose. He is author of a number of books and is a literary figure.<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poet-laureate-visits-battle-field/
