First World War Centenary Poetry Collection
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This collection of poetry, with its companion prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of the poetry, all chosen by the readers, is in English, but the collection also includes poems in Dutch, French, German, Portuguese and Russian.
Please note that some poems are still protected by copyright in countries which observe copyright laws based on the author's date of death.
The majority of the poems were written during the war itself, but some poems have been included for their relevance in other ways. For more information about each poem, please see this document (PDF format), which also shows the poets' dates of death. (Summary by Ruth Golding) (2 hr 43 min)
Chapters
Preface to Poems by Wilfred Owen | 1:33 | Read by David Wales |
For the Fallen | 2:16 | Read by Ruth Golding |
Мама и убитый немцами вечер (Mama i ubity nemcami vecher) | 2:31 | Read by Anastasiia Solokha |
To Germany | 1:34 | Read by John Hayward |
Range-finding | 1:12 | Read by Winston Tharp |
The Red Flower | 2:01 | Read by Lucy Perry |
Wildgänse rauschen durch die Nacht | 1:10 | Read by Julia Niedermaier |
Dulce et Decorum Est | 1:58 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
Glory of Women | 1:20 | Read by Ernst Pattynama |
There Will Come Soft Rains | 1:11 | Read by Winston Tharp |
Lament in 1915 (B. H. W.) | 4:57 | Read by Martin Geeson |
Not to Keep | 2:37 | Read by MaryAnn |
In Flanders Fields | 1:08 | Read by David Wales |
Vernichtung | 1:02 | Read by Hokuspokus |
I Have a Rendezvous with Death | 1:35 | Read by Phil Schempf |
Alan Seeger | 2:36 | Read by Ruth Golding |
Espasmo | 3:14 | Read by Leni |
The Chances | 1:22 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
Au Reichstag | 5:00 | Read by Patrick Wallace |
Scots of the Riverina | 2:23 | Read by Son of the Exiles |
The Star of Australasia | 8:34 | Read by Son of the Exiles |
The Hosts | 3:31 | Read by ravenotation |
Lines | 1:41 | Read by Ruth Golding |
Wie in de loopgraaf ligt | 3:10 | Read by Anna Simon |
Suicide in Trenches | 1:01 | Read by Lynne T |
Conscious | 1:06 | Read by filespnr |
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death | 1:22 | Read by Sieska |
The Road not Taken | 1:07 | Read by Kasper |
As the Team's Head-Brass | 2:42 | Read by Patrick Wallace |
Slachtveld | 4:38 | Read by Anna Simon |
The Next War | 1:22 | Read by Winston Tharp |
Exaltação da paz | 5:12 | Read by Leni |
The Messages | 2:00 | Read by MaryAnn |
A New John Bull | 2:30 | Read by Son of the Exiles |
Champagne (1914-15) | 4:49 | Read by ravenotation |
Berliner Gerüchte | 1:40 | Read by Patrick Wallace |
Selections from Severn and Somme | 8:29 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Langemarck at Ypres | 6:50 | Read by MaryAnn |
Malédiction | 4:46 | Read by Ruth Golding |
Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France | 6:57 | Read by ravenotation |
The Dead | 2:02 | Read by Winston Tharp |
At the Somme Under the Tricolour | 10:22 | Read by Phil Schempf |
Война Объявлена (Vojna Obyavlena) | 2:23 | Read by Anastasiia Solokha |
Louse Hunting | 1:50 | Read by Martin Geeson |
Maktoob | 3:52 | Read by ravenotation |
There's Another Blessed Horse Fell Down | 2:18 | Read by Son of the Exiles |
The White Comrade | 5:00 | Read by MaryAnn |
Im Osten | 1:02 | Read by Ruth Golding |
Edith Cavell | 3:46 | Read by ravenotation |
Op de oorlogsgrens | 1:17 | Read by Anna Simon |
Anthem for Doomed Youth | 1:36 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Price of Peace | 0:39 | Read by SkyAlbatross |
To E. T. | 1:38 | Read by Winston Tharp |
Does It Matter? | 1:05 | Read by Lynne T |
Aan die komen | 2:13 | Read by Anna Simon |
The Healers | 1:45 | Read by J Korth |
Might and Right | 0:42 | Read by SkyAlbatross |
To His Love | 1:17 | Read by Martin Geeson |
The Harvest Moon | 2:59 | Read by MaryAnn |