“Winged Back“ by Dannie Abse (read by Dan Stevens)

In 2012 the Faber publishing house launched a website to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II by exploring ’60 years in 60 poems’. Dan Stevens was reading “Winged Back“ by Dannie Abse. “Winged Back“ by Dannie Abse Strange the potency of a cheap dance tune. – NOEL COWARD One such winged me back to a different post-code, to an England that like a translation almost was, to my muscular days that were marvellous being ordinary. 365 days, marvellous; to an England where sweet-rationing ended, where nature tamely resumed its capture behind park railings. Few thorns. Fewer thistles; to Vivat Regina and the linseed willow-sound of Compton and Edrich winning the Ashes. Elsewhere, Troy always burning. Newspaper stuff. The recurring decimal of calamity. Famine. Murder. Pollinating fires. When they stubbed one out another one flared. Statesmen lit their cigars from the embers. They still do. With every enrichment an injury. They bicker and banquet, confer and dally, pull on cigars that glow with blood-light. And the year 1953, like the arson of Troy, is elsewhere. Ashes. ☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆☆.。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆ DISCLAIMER: This is a non-monetized channel. Absolutely no copyright infringement intended. I created/edited this video for entertainment purpose only. I do not own nor claim to own anything in this video. The videos/audios/photos are property of their rightful owners. All credit goes to the owners of all the materials used in this video. * ৳৸ᵃᵑᵏ Ꮍ৹੫ᵎ * #poetry #poem #actorsreadingpoetry