the manhunt

• "the frozen river that ran through his face"
• "and feel the hurt of his grazed heart."
• "unexploded mine buried deep in his mind"
• "every nerve in his body had tightened and closed"
• "damaged porcelain collar bone"
• this poem is about Eddie and Laura
• Eddie fought in the Boer war where he was shot
• Simon armitage saw their story on the news and wrote the poem about them
• This poem is written from Lauras perspective
• Eddie suffers from PTSD
• the themes in this poem are war,loss and relationships
• title represents searching for the man Eddie once was