Poem: Thoughts following the news that Tehran can send a missile to London

'Find the threads you have in common with your foe. Together weave a tapestry of love.'

by Kate Bailey 17th July 2026

There is a missile,
or so I am told 
with my name on it
ready to be sent via the air 
from an Ayatollah in a distant land.
Netanyahu says it’s true.
They said Saddam Hussein had one too.
He never sent it.
It never arrived.
Remember how many died 
while he cowered in a spider’s hole.