Great Regulars: Fifty Christmases ago (on December 28, 1956),

the TLS published Christopher Logue's "Singing Prayer" (written in the aftermath of the Suez crisis), from which this extract is taken. Since the 1960s, Logue has been occupied with "War Music", his acclaimed modern "version" of the Iliad. His Selected Poems was published by Faber in 1996.

For Christmas, a Singing Prayer

from The Times Literary Supplement: Poem of the week: "For Christmas, a Singing Prayer", by Christopher Logue (1956)

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