Poems & Poets from the Great War at Sea & World War II
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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 …
Greetings to readers of this blog in many countries, interest always appreciated. A companion blog to this one is World War 2 Poetry Blog ‘Voices of Silence- The Alternative Book of First World War Poetry’ (2006) edited by Vivien Noakes was a landmark attempt to deliberately move away from the more established poets. In her own …
Continue reading “‘Voices of Silence’ – Vivien Noakes /The Poetry of J. L. Crommelin Brown”
Roy Broadbent Fuller Roy Broadbent Fuller ( 11th February 1912- 27th September 1991) was already a published poet when he was conscripted into the Royal Navy in 1941. His first collection ‘Poems’ appeared in 1939, and he’d also appeared in the prestigious ‘Twentieth Century Verse’ anthology edited by Julian Symonds. His next collections, ‘The Middle …
Murmansk and Leaves in the Storm First of all, greetings to all the new visitors to this blog. Delighted to see individuals logging in from different countries, with a particular high number from both Russia and the USA. Secondly, can now be followed on Twitter : MichaelBully @waratseapoetry1 Finally, please remember the ‘War at Sea Poetry’ Main …
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Arctic Waking by Alan Ross Sky like a dog rose draws blood, The tide mirrors my sailed love, Through clouds of sea foamed green; The white gull fastens on the skyline. Foam-flecked the mooned wake curves, an ocean grown white with roses, Recessions of suns draw tides, coppering The sea’s back, the scalloped hair of …
A fascinating work indeed. A vital contribution to understanding the Great War at Sea. The focus is on 1914-1915 with a second volume still to be published.The writer’s extensive use of source material, with clear cross referencing, is admirable. Douglas d’Enno’s case is that the outbreak of war took fishing fleets on both sides by …
Continue reading “Remembering the Fishermen who served during the Great War”
The SS Mendi The Great War at Sea Poetry Website has a new page about the sinking of the troopship SS Mendi on the 21st February 1917. SS Mendi Webpage Some events for the centenary of the Battle of Jutland. From the Royal Navy website : Royal Navy to mark Jutland anniversary with parade and …
Returning to sea poetry published during the Great War, but seemingly to have no connection to the conflict: Realised that I had previously overlooked the closing lines of T.S.Eliot’s ‘Love Song of J.Arthur Prufrock ‘ published initially in ‘Poetry’ magazine June 1915, and republished in ‘Prufrock and other Observations ‘ (1917- dedicated to Jean Verdenal …
Poem I wrote last year (2013) in memory of all those who perished at sea on 22nd September 2014 when the U9 torpedoed and sunk three British cruiser ships in the North Sea off the coast of The Netherlands. Also remembering the bravery of the crews of the Dutch fishing boats who rescued survivors. September …
Recently came across the notion of ‘combat gnosticism’ – can someone who has never experienced being under fire really be in a position to write war poetry? Not sure where the term originated but certainly has come to prominence again a few years ago via an article by one James Campbell titled ‘Combat Gnosticism: The …