December 2025
Dear David
Thank you for the invitation.
Really enjoyed the journey – from the Raj, to the cleaning of clothes in a river; from Lord Wavell, the penultimate viceroy of India, to an anthology of poetry he produced called Other Men’s Flowers. Earlier in his life he could recite just about all of the poems in the anthology from memory. Wavell went on his own journey – from military maestro to frustrated diplomat. The last poem in the book, which he modestly describes as a wayside dandelion not fit to be in the garden with the other poems, is his own creation.
Here’s to “all beautiful things that help us forget the dreariness of war”.
With thanks and best regards
Sarah L Dolan
PS I do have a small confession to make. At school I got a ‘U’ at history ‘O’ level. Since then, I have learned that history should not be confined to the classroom or the past as it is a living force which touches all of our lives.
‘THE THREAD THAT BINDS’:
Note: Sarah Dolan’s work has been previously featured on the site in BETWEEN RIVERS: SUMMER 2022.
By David Selzer