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The Soldier Mood - by William Kersley Holmes

{ Poem }

We were eating chip potatoes underneath the April stars
/ That glittered coldly and aloof from earth and earthly wars;
/ We were three…

The night is darkening round me - by Emily Bronte

{ Poem }

The night is darkening round me,
/ The wild winds coldly blow;
/ But a tyrant spell has bound me,
/ And I cannot, cannot go.
/
/ The…

Stanzas - by George Gordon, Lord Byron

{ Poem }

When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, / Let him combat for that of his neighbours.

The Release - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

The scaffolding has gone. The sky is there! hard cold high clear and blue.
/ Clanking poles and thudding planks were the…

Threshold - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

Our strength is our difference. / Dinny fear it. Dinny caw canny. …

West Away - by Hilton Brown

{ Poem }

Home Thoughts from the Jungle, 1917
/
/ April in the Jungle: hot weather comes…

Lest… - by Vincent O'Sullivan

{ Poem }

‘They make so little difference, the brass, / the tears. Can’t you leave us be?’
/ …

In Flanders Fields - by John McCrae

{ Poem }

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
/ Between the crosses, row on row,
/ That mark our place; and…

A Sough o’ War - by Charles Murray

{ Poem }

The corn was turnin’, hairst was near,
/ But lang afore the scythes could start
/ A sough o’…

Warning - by Jenny Joseph

{ Poem }

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
/ With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
/ And…

‘All the Hills and Vales Along’ - by Charles Hamilton Sorley

{ Poem }

All the hills and vales along
/ Earth is bursting into song,
/ And the singers are the chaps
/ Who are going…

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