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Guerrillas by Seamus Deane

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Seamus Deane’s beautiful poem probably derives from the experience of a child in the port city of Derry, encountering the foreign sailors and witnessing the city’s response to them.

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Omagh Bombing

A pair of boys shoes are awash in blood. Standing above is the lower part of a sinister black overcoat and heavy black shoes. Underneath is inscribed Omagh 15hl3 Saturday 15.8.98 and a poem: ‘Orange and Green it does not matter. United now don’t shatter/ our dream. Scatter/ the seed of peace over our land/ so we can travel hand in hand/ across the bridge of hope.’ Sean McLoughlin 12 years of age died 15hl3 15.8.98

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