Amatrice – a poem

Graham Mort, visited Amatrice in September 2016, five weeks after the major earthquake. We approached Amatrice through wooded hillsides, mountains in the distance, white clouds, the road twisting and climbing through tight bends. At first, all seemed peaceful, until an eerie sense of desertion set in. The fields were empty of workers and livestock. Then[…]

Amatrice – a poem

Graham Mort, visited Amatrice in September 2016, five weeks after the major earthquake. We approached Amatrice through wooded hillsides, mountains in the distance, white clouds, the road twisting and climbing through tight bends. At first, all seemed peaceful, until an eerie sense of desertion set in. The fields were empty of workers and livestock. Then[…]

Amatrice – a poem

Graham Mort, visited Amatrice in September 2016, five weeks after the major earthquake. We approached Amatrice through wooded hillsides, mountains in the distance, white clouds, the road twisting and climbing through tight bends. At first, all seemed peaceful, until an eerie sense of desertion set in. The fields were empty of workers and livestock. Then[…]

Child's picture of an earthquake with a graveyard in the foreground, 2 cracks through the middle of the picture from left to right and above buildings leaning to the right and buses overturned

Amatrice – a poem

Graham Mort, visited Amatrice in September 2016, five weeks after the major earthquake. We approached Amatrice through wooded hillsides, mountains in the distance, white clouds, the road twisting and climbing through tight bends. At first, all seemed peaceful, until an eerie sense of desertion set in. The fields were empty of workers and livestock. Then[…]