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• • 'WRITE MY OLD GIRL, JIM"
  • by kendrive
    

  • in poemsandprose.blog.co.uk

  • 81 days old
  • THE LETTER (With B.E.F. Jun 10.) Dear Wife, (Oh blast this pencil. 'Ere, Bill, lend's a knife.) I'm in the pink at present, dear. I think the war will end this year. We don't see much of them square-'eaded 'Uns. We're out of harm's way, not bad fed. I'm longing for a taste of your old buns. (Say, Jimmie, spare's a bite of bread.) There don't... more
  • Tags: + death , + life , + poem , + poetry , + war
• • MOVE HIM INTO THE SUN
  • by kendrive
    

  • in poemsandprose.blog.co.uk

  • 87 days old
  • I have been criticised for not posting any of the work of the established World War 1 Poets. To make amends, I am presenting today one of my favourite poems by Wilfred Owen. Owen wrote of his attitude to War-Poetry in this 'Preface', which was found, in an unfinished condition, among his papers: "This book is not about heroes. English Poetry is... more
  • Tags: + life , + poem , + poetry , + soldier , + war