In Memoriam (Easter, 1915)
BY EDWARD THOMAS
The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood
This Eastertide call into mind the men,
Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should
Have gathered them and will do never again.
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Celandines , Peter Tavy #Dartmoor

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'Who will not speak with altered tone
When I at last am seen and known.'
Edmund Blunden, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠
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Extract from Lights out 1917 by Edward Thomas

I have come to the border of sleep,
The unfathomable deep
Forest where all must lose
Their way, however straight
Or winding, soon or late;
They cannot choose.

Picture, Grenofen woods, #Dartmoor . #warpoetry

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This has been in my mind over a year now, and scribbled, well, typed this morning, from the hot zone among tall grasses, where a gypsy child, bent almost double pulled a cart somewhere, in the middle of nowhere...

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Today, we have a thread on naming of parts ...

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Those last lines. #WilfredOwen #WarPoetry

“No refuge from the skirmishing fine rain
And the wind that made the canvas heave and flap
And the taut wet guy-ropes ravel out and snap,
All day the rain has glided, wave and mist and dream,
Drenching the gorse and heather...”
Alun Lewis, died 3 March 1944

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“We lie all sorts of ways
And cannot sleep.
The wet wind is so cold,
And the lurching men so careless,
That, should you drop to a doze,
Wind’s fumble or men’s feet
Is on your face.”
Isaac Rosenberg, killed in action 1 April 1918

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“And have we done with War at last?
Well, we’ve been lucky devils both,
And there’s no need of pledge or oath
To bind our lovely friendship fast,
By firmer stuff
Close bound enough.”
Robert Graves, born 24 July 1895

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Today we have naming of parts.
Yesterday,
We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning,
We shall have what to do after firing. But to-day,
Today we have naming of parts.
Japonica
Glistens like coral in all of the neighbouring gardens,
And today we have naming of parts

#AnzacDay

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I've been struggling with this question: 'how can I freely bloom and shine when there is so much suffering in the world right now?' I wrote this short poem to help me process, hopefully you'll find it helpful too. #poem #poetry #warpoetry #FreeUkraine

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Scribbled on a piece of paper during a bomb raid

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I love this poem, which was written in 1941 by Konstantin Simonov, who was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent. #poetry #warpoetry

#UkraineRussiaWar

Not sure who made this play on words but… #warpoetry

Oh wow! Drawings and poems by Victor Jones, a British POW captuered in Crete showing the battle, describing life in the camp and the desire to go home!

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