Assurances by J. O. Morgan Ahren Warner sons or daughters in permanent

sons or daughters in permanent danger – or so they feel – as well as from an often alienating everyday world of people who have no idea of what anxieties and fears grip them every minute

Paul Sutherland has been writing and publishing poetry since 1970

Winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

Taken together

‘These poems move in different directions

Assurances by J. O. Morgan Ahren Warner sons or daughters in permanentA war poem both historic and frighteningly topical, Assurances begins in the 1950s during a period of vigilance and dread in the middle of the Cold War: the long stand off between nuclear powers, where the only defence was the threat of mutually assured destruction. Using a mix of versed and unversed passages, Morgan places moments of calm reflection alongside the tensions inherent in guarding against such a permanent threat. A work of variations and