Katy Jones

Simon Armitage Writing Poems

Poet Simon Armitage explains how he is going behind the scenes of some of his poems to help readers understand and visualize how they are created.

The Mark of Cain

After a bomb kills their company commander in Iraq, British soldiers Treacle and Shane are ordered to round up suspects and use torture on the detainees. Back home, the press gets the story and the pair achieves instant infamy.