Voices of Silence: The Alternative Book of First World War PoetryThe poetry of the First World War has determined our perception of the war itself. This volume features poetry drawn from old newspapers and journals, trench and hospital magazines, individual volumes of verse, gift books, postcards, and a manuscript magazine put together by conscientious objectors. |
Contents
Autumn 1914 in England | |
The New Armies go to France | |
Out of the Line | |
Flanders Gallipoli and the Mediterranean | |
Conscription Protest and Prisoners | |
Verdun the Battle of the Somme Begins | |
Casualties of the Somme | |
Autumn and Winter 19161917 | |
Leave | |
Spring and Early Summer 1917 | |
Red Tape and Rivalry | |
Third Battle of Ypres Passchendaele | |
America Joins the | |
The Royal Navy | |
The Royal Flying Corps | |
Armistice and the Price of | |
The Return to France | |
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Voices of Silence: The Alternative Book of First World War Poetry Vivien Noakes Limited preview - 2006 |
Common terms and phrases
A.A. Milne Accrington Observer ain’t Army Battle Beaucourt Belgium Billet Blighty blue brave breath British Bttn Buy a Flag Captain Corps Craigleith dark dawn dead dear death dream dugout earth England eyes face fear feet Fifth Gloucester Gazette Fighting hard fire Flanders fought France front Gallipoli German Gilbert Frankau Gommecourt grave green grey guns Hamund hear heart Hell J.B. Priestley John Kaiser lads Leave light lives Lord Louis Golding Man’s Land March memory Mesopotamia morning never night o’er once peace poem is signed poet Prison Punch rain Regt road round Royal Royal Flying Corps Sea Lord Sergeant shell shrapnel silent sing sleep soldiers Somewhere Somme song soul There’s things today tonight trench Twas Volunteer wait watch weary wind Wipers wire Wormwood Scrubs wounded Ypres