Armistice: A Laureate's Choice of Poems of War and Peace, ed. by Carol Ann Duffy Abigail Parry Finally resolving in a final

Finally resolving in a final act in which memory

Dinescu was liberated from house arrest by a large crowd in Bucharest who carried him triumphantly to the national television building

between innocence and wisdom

never mind the lavender-scented pillow

consciousness and fellow animal beings

Armistice: A Laureate's Choice of Poems of War and Peace, ed. by Carol Ann Duffy Abigail Parry Finally resolving in a finalThe Armistice of 1918 brought ceasefire to the war on the Western Front, but 'the Great War' would not as hoped be 'the war to end all wars'. In this affecting selection, the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, guides us deep into the act and root of 'armistice': its stoppage or 'stand' of arms, its search for truce and ceasefire. In 100 poems, our most cherished poets of the Great War speak alongside those from other conflicts and cultures, so that we