Parliament commemorates WWI with Elizabeth Tower War Poetry Projection

For a third year, falling poppies will be projected onto the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) from dusk on Remembrance Sunday.

All start times are approximate, due to light, however, it is expected that the poppies and poetry will be projected onto the Elizabeth Tower from 16:30-23:00 on Sunday 13 November.

A special addition to this year’s projection will be a series of War poems. The poems have been chosen by the Poet Laureate, the National Poets from the four nations of the United Kingdom and the Children’s Laureate.

Carol Ann Duffy - Poet Laureate
‘An Unseen’, by Carol Ann Duffy

Ifor ap Glyn - Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru / National Poet of Wales
‘Terasau’, by Ifor ap Glyn

Sinéad Morrissey – Belfast Poet Laureate
‘The Send-Off’, by Wilfred Owen

Jackie Kay - Scottish Poet Laureate / Makar
‘BANTAM’, by Jackie Kay

Chris Riddell – the Children’s Laureate
‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’, by Wilfred Owen