mojoman 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2007 I'm interested to know everybody's favorite WW1 poem or who their favorite poet was.Just about everyone has heard of Sassoon, Owen and McCrae and being from Australia, I have a soft spot for Leon Gellert, and they all deserve recognition for their wonderful work. But very often a single poem from a lesser known poet seems to strike a chord with a particular reader and I think it would be a good idea if we could share all these poems with each other.I have to say that my favorite poet is Wilfrid Gibson. I find his poety stark, cold and fairly confronting in it's simplicity and I think this echoes the suffering of the ordinary footslogger. MadNeck-deep in mud, He mowed and raved - He who had braved The field of blood - And as a lad Just out of school Yelled - April Fool! And laughed like mad. The Bayonet This bloody steel Has killed a man. I heard him squeal As on I ran. He watched me come With wagging head. I pressed it home And he was dead. Though clean and clear I've wiped the steel, I still can hear That dying squealBackThey Ask me where I've Been. And what I've done and seen. But what can I reply? Who knows it wasn't I, But someone just like me, Who went across the sea, And with my head and hands, Killed men in foreign lands. Though I must bear the blame, Because he bore my name. Notice from BuffaloHELP: Quote tags please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yratorm, LightMage 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2007 When the world was young, and men were weak,And the fiends of the night walked free..I strove with Set by fire and steelAnd the juice of the Upas tree.Now that I sleep in the mound's black heartAnd the ages take their tollForget ye he who fought with the SnakeTo save the human soul!What do I know of 'civilized' ways,the gilt, the craft and the lie..I who was born in a naked landand bred under a naked sky!The subtle tongue, the Sophist guile,They fail when the broadswords sing!!Rush in and die, dogs! I was a man..BEFORE I was a King!!! Notice from BuffaloHELP: R.E. Howard, "The Road of Kings," Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mojoman 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2007 very nice m8!ill bring some more later on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yratorm, LightMage 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2007 Looking forward to it - Gibson's poetry is superb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benyi4lax 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2007 I don't have any specific poems, but I found a lot of the content in All Quiet On the Western Front to be meaningful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spyda 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2007 Not much of a person who listens to music or poetry but those poems were really good and I did enjoy reading hem, even if you gusy did not make them, anyway they were really well wriitenn and its hard to believe thats those poems were written doing war times Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
