Sophie Lancaster was murdered in a park in Bacup in 2007. Black Roses is her story told by her mother Sylvia and through a sequence of poems for Sophie by Simon Armitage.
For those that don't know who Sophie was: Wikipedia
Thanks to my friend Andrew for this link.
Thats such a sad story she looks like she was such a beautiful young lady robbed of her life for simply dressing differently really tragic.
ReplyDeleteI'm French and I've just seen a report on TV about her.
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King regards to her family
I've never heard of her before but reading over the wiki page and the poem really breaks my heart. A black and senseless act of violence, extremely tragic. My heart goes out to her family and the community of anti-hate that built up around her death.
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