Spartacus Mmxii May 2026

So if you want to see Spartacus, come to the park, come to the park with me. If you want to see Spartacus, search him out in the 21st century.

He said, You can’t see the chains for the rust. You can’t see the whips for the scars. You can’t see the crosses for the dust, but we’re still fighting where you are. spartacus mmxii

Here is the text of the poem Spartacus MMXII by Simon Armitage. This poem was commissioned for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and originally appeared as a large-scale public artwork. So if you want to see Spartacus, come

We flared and we fused in the halo of streetlights, we danced and we dived and we ducked, till the shop windows rained, till the windscreens wept, till the airbags burst and the bumpers bucked. You can’t see the whips for the scars