Category: Siegfried Sassoon

Suicide in Trenches by Siegfried Sassoon

Suicide in Trenches by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept

The Fathers by Siegfried Sassoon Snug at the club two fathers sat, Gross, goggle-eyed, and full of chat. One

The Hero by Siegfried Sassoon “Jack fell as he’d have wished,” the Mother said, And folded up the letter that

WIRERS by Siegfried Sassoon “Pass it along, the wiring party’s going out”? And yawning sentries mumble, “Wirers going out.” Unravelling;

COUNTER-ATTACK by Siegfried Sassoon ? We’d gained our first objective hours before While dawn broke like a face with blinking

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

Siegfried Sassoon was a British poet born Sept. 8, 1886. He died in 1967. Sassoon was served in World War I.