Poems & Poets from the Great War at Sea & World War II
I have been asked to list three concerts by the Britten Sinfonia, titled ‘The Last Letter’ , performed in the run to Remembrance Sunday, The programme includes both classical music and poetry, along with letters from World War 1. Thurs 8 Nov – The Halls , Norwich Fri 9 Nov – The Barbican, …
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From Michael Bully Realise that this website has not been updated for nearly a year. I am currently working on two blogs https://aburntship.blogspot.co.uk ( on 17th century war related poetry and literature) and http://Worldwar2poetry.blogspot.co.uk On the latter blog I had written a shorter post about Anna Akhmatova, but focusing on her life and work from …
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The Life and Poetry of Lynette Roberts Norma Bull ‘ Effigies of Crusaders in Round Temple Church London ‘ ( …
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The World War 2 poetry blog has been updated to include a poem each by Mary E Harrison and Vera Brittain about the 30th May 1942 RAF raid on Cologne. http://Worldwar2poetry.blogspot.co.uk Delighted to publish an interview with Lucy …
Pleased to carry on my e mail interview with John Guzlowski. A son of a Polish immigrants , with both parents spending years as labourers in German concentration camps: Professor Guzlowski was born just after World War 2 in a Displaced Persons camp, and moved with his parents and sister to the USA in 1951, and …
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Photo- Polish victim of Luftwafe bombing 1939 It is certainly an honour to interview John Guzlowski. A son of a Polish immigrants , with both parents spending years as labourers in German concentration camps, Professor Guzlowski uses poetry and short pieces of prose to convey their experiences. John Guzlowski was born just after World War …
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‘Babi Yar’ -Yevgeny Yevtushenko (born 1933) People knew about Babi Yar before Yevtushenko’s poem, but they were silent. And when they read the poem, the silence was broken. Art destroys silence. ‘Testimony-The Memoirs of Dimitri Shostakovich,’ ( edited by Solomon Volkov) ,1979. During the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Babi Yar, a ravine by …
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‘Silent Service’-Siegfried Sassoon Now, mulltifold, let Britain’s patient power Be proven within us for the world to see, None are exempt from service in this hour: And vanquished in ourselves we dare not be. Now, for a sunlit future, we can show The clenched resolved endurance that defies Daemons in dark,-and toward that future go …
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Last Post of 2016 Thank you to the large number of readers from many countries who have logged into the view this blog. Please also consider looking at the associated blog Worldwar2poetry.blogspot.co.uk The latest post concerns Siegfried Sassoon’s influence on World War 2 poets. Vernon Watkins ( 1906- 1967), sometimes referred to as the ‘other Welsh …
The Scottish World War 2 Poets and the Desert “There are many dead in the brutish desert who lie uneasy among the scrub in this landscape of half-wit stunted ill-will. For the dead land is insatiate and necrophilious . The sand is blowing about still. …. And sleep now. Sleep here the sleep of the …
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