Editor Jon Stallworthy’s preference in this superb anthology is for poems that question, or provoke questions about, war.
Jon Stallworthy
Poetry Review: A “Memorial” Written in a Voice That Does Not Break
Alice Oswald’s “Memorial” begins with a list of 214 names, a bare, sorrowful cousin to the ship’s roll. If you know the old stories, you’ll begin to recognize some names, and then start to look forward to others.