Edward Field

Edward Field Poetry

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Icarus

โ€˜Icarusโ€™ by Edward Field places the Icarus of Greek mythology in a modern context to explore themes of alienation and displacement.

Only the feathers floating around the hat

Showed that anything more spectacular had occurred

Than the usual drowning. The police preferred to ignore

The confusing aspects of the case,

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