Poet laureate Simon Armitage writes Ukraine war poem Resistance

Armitage calls his piece a refracted version of what is coming at us in obscene images through the news'

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The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has written a poem about the invasion of Ukraine and the pain of displacement, as a mark of solidarity with those under fire.

Resistance was written over a few days against a backdrop of harrowing television footage of Ukrainians fleeing bombardment and shooting.