' 'I miss the penny fountain in the
market square
I miss the way you never used to
wash your hair
the fools gold on your fingers
the smell of chlorine in the shallow
water and large blue fish
with square scales
of iridescent tile
there are no guns
in England'
from 'No Guns In England'
'No Guns in England' is a long poem by Sam Telford. The poem is an indirect response to the release of previously classified files that revealed Margret Thatcher sent agents from MI5 to infiltrate the miner's strikes. Although indirectly, No Guns in England shows admiration, infatuation and hatred of England in equal measure.
Sam Telford was born in 1992 in Gateshead. He works as a tea merchant and lives in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
All photographs are by the author.
16 pp.
Large format pamphlet.
Printed on fully recycled paper.
