Assurances by J. O. Morgan Ahren Warner ‘These poems move in different

‘These poems move in different directions

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

which environmentalists protested would endanger the area's wildlife

but in the end she sings a song which affirms that flawed humanity is indeed perfectible

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Assurances by J. O. Morgan Ahren Warner ‘These poems move in differentA 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