The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.
But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poets, who brim with talent and verse, on a range of subjects and themes that we can all enjoy.
It is at first difficult to comprehend that the carnage and slaughter of War could yield some of our greatest poetry. Harder still that in four years of horror humanity was able to destroy and create on such a scale. These 10 poets and their verses speak for everyone.
1 - The Top 10 Poets - Died in WWI - An Introduction
2 - From My Diary July 1914 by Wilfred Owen
3 - Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen
4 - Soldier's Dream by Wilfred Owen
5 - Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
6 - Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen
7 - 1914 by Rupert Brooke - Peace, Safety, The Dead, The Dead & The Soldier
8 - The Night Journey by Rupert Brooke
9 - The Old Vicarage of Grantchester by Rupert Brooke
10 - Libido by Rupert Brooke
11 - Desertion by Rupert Brooke
12 - No One Cares Less Than I (Bugle Call) by Edward Thomas
13 - A Private by Edward Thomas
14 - This Is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong by Edward Thomas
15 - These Things That Poets Said by Edward Thomas
16 - Adlestrop by Edward Thomas
17 - God by Isaac Rosenberg
18 - Break of Day in the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg
19 - In the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg
20 - Spring 1916 by Isaac Rosenberg
21 - Daughters of War by Isaac Rosenberg
22 - The Dying Patriot by James Elroy Flecker
23 - I Rose From Dreamless Hours by James Elroy Flecker
24 - No Coward's Song by James Elroy Flecker
25 - Destroyer of Ships, Men, Cities by James Elroy Flecker
26 - Don Juan in Hell by James Elroy Flecker
27 - Such Such Is Death by Charles Sorley
28 - A Call to Action by Charles Sorley
29 - When You See Millions Of The Mouthless Dead By Charles Sorley
30 - To Germany by Charles Sorley
31 - East Kennet Church At Evening by Charles Sorley
32 - An Attempt at a City Sunset by Francis Ledwidge
33 - Ireland by Francis Ledwidge
34 - Lament for the Poets, 1916 by Francis Ledwidge
35 - Growing Old by Francis Ledwidge
36 - A Soldier's Grave by Francis Ledwidge
37 - In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
38 - Disarmament by John McCrae
39 - Anarchy by John McCrae
40 - The Pilgrims by John McCrae
41 - A Song of Comfort by John McCrae
42 - Champagne 1914-1915 by Alan Seeger
43 - Paris by Alan Seeger
44 - Sonnet 14 by Alan Seeger
45 - Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France by Alan Seeger
46 - I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger
47 - The Battle at Saarburg by Alfred Lichtenstein
48 - Prayer Before Battle by Alfred Lichtenstein
49 - The Trip to the Mental Hospital by Alfred Lichtenstein
50 - Moonscape by Alfred Lichtenstein
51 - Soldiers' Songs by Alfred Lichtenstein
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