POETRY

A Most Unimportant Important Spy

A free verse poem response to Martin Rushton’s Impromptu prompt 3 Join the Share The Love Secret Service :)

A most unassuming spy Up until her death Awarded the Russian Order of the red banner for labour Considered more valuable than The Russian spy group, The Cambridge five Yet she served no time.

Considered best left well alone Melita Norwood escaped attention From the Secret Intelligent Service Throwing their reputation into disrepute.

Ministers and ex-ministers exclaiming “No one told me about her” The British press loving “The Granny Spy” highlighting A failure within the secret service.

She and they had possibly known more Than she or they had let on.

Not agreeing with spying on one’s country, Melita did what she did to help feed, educate And give her people a good health service, America and Britain ahead of this game.

P.R. manoeuvres within the British establishment, The former Attorney general proclaiming, “She was very important Britan was in great peril.” To the playing down “Melita was not very important at all.”

Still in the dark we are, did Melita Norwood help Level the nuclear playing field?

Thank you for reading. J.

Thank you Martin Rushton for promoting this spy challenge, Melita Norwood was on my radar, ha haa. Read Martin’s challenge here and give it a go, there is a world of spies out there to choose from!

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