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Great Poems of the World War

Gelesen von Alan Mapstone

(4 Sterne; 3 Bewertungen)

A selection of poems written during or immediately after the First World War (1914-1918). Most are by men (American, British, Canadian or Australian) who served in combat but some are by non-combatants who describe the ways in which the war impacted on their lives, their families and their communities.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (0 hr 58 min)

Chapters

Before Action by Lieut. William Noel Hodgson (1893-1916)

2:16

Read by Alan Mapstone

No Man's Land by Capt. James H. Knight-Adkin (1878-1948)

2:30

Read by Alan Mapstone

French in the Trenches by William J. Robinson (1867-1936)

2:50

Read by Alan Mapstone

Ragnarok by Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943)

3:42

Read by Alan Mapstone

Poppies by Capt. John Mills Hanson

2:15

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Graves of Gallipolli by L.L. (A.N.Z.A.C)

3:21

Read by Alan Mapstone

Battle of Belleau Wood by Edgar A. Guest

2:43

Read by Alan Mapstone

Bullington by C. Fox Smith (1882-1954)

4:05

Read by Alan Mapstone

Christ in Flanders by L. W.

3:42

Read by Alan Mapstone

Not Too Old to Fight by T. C. Harbaugh (1849-1924)

3:21

Read by Alan Mapstone

In Flanders Fields by Lieut. Col. John McCrae (d.1918)

1:22

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Soldier by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)

1:32

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Gentlemen of Oxford by Norah M. Holland (1876-1925)

2:29

Read by Alan Mapstone

Morituri te Salutant by P.H.B.L

2:48

Read by Alan Mapstone

Magpies in Picardy by "Tipcuca"

2:30

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Song of the Guns by Herbert Kaufman (1878-1947)

2:43

Read by Alan Mapstone

Telling the Bees by G.E.R.

2:14

Read by Alan Mapstone

The War Horse by Lieut. L. Fleming

3:52

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Homecoming by Leroy Folge

3:29

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Unknown Soldier Armistice Day at Arlington by Grantland Rice (d.1954)

5:08

Read by Alan Mapstone

Bewertungen

disgusting

(4,5 Sterne)

White people should not be allowed to write poetry. The only acceptable art is modern dance performed by nonbinary BIPOC little persons