Birds Send Him in Shock by Kushal Poddar
Birds Send Him in Shock” explores the haunting tension and trauma of conflict, using surreal imagery of birds, a porcelain bathtub, and a symbolic broken door
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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
Continue readingA Last Moment Caught by Tom Sheehan
Sheehan, in his 91st year, served in 31st Infantry, Korea 1951-52, graduated Boston College 1956, has published 32 books, multiple works in Rosebud, Literally Stories, Linnet’s Wings, Copperfield Review, Eastlit, Frontier Tales,
Continue readingThe Warrior by John McCrae
The Warrior by John McCrae He wrought in poverty, the dull grey days, But with the night his little lamp-lit
Continue readingExposure by Wilfred Owen
Exposure by Wilfred Owen I Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knife us . . .
Continue readingIn Flanders Fields by John McCrae
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark
Continue readingThe Send-off by Wilfred Owen
The Send-off by Wilfred Owen Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way To the siding-shed, And lined the
Continue readingWild with all Regrets by Wilfred Owen
Wild with all Regrets by Wilfred Owen (Another version of “A Terre”.) To Siegfried Sassoon ? My arms have mutinied
Continue readingAnthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen
Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of
Continue readingA REBEL by John Gould Fletcher
A REBEL by John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950) Tie a bandage over his eyes, And at his feet Let rifles drearily
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