World Refugee Day in Poetry – Poet Laureate

Gosh Julie – this is very powerful stuff. With everything that has been going on in Britain, the refugee crisis has got a bit lost. Shame on us. Reading these poems left me feeling hollow and helpless but determined to get it back on the political agenda.Your poem is very special – it reminded me so much of how I felt in India when poor children would follow me and cling on for a few annas – at first I gave everything I had but found there became more and more children and in the end I fled without looking. When the problem gets so big one person just feels ashamed …….. but together it is different. Thanks for this reminder of something very important.