The War Films by Sir Henry Newbolt
The War Films by Sir Henry Newbolt O living pictures of the dead, O songs without a sound, O fellowship whose phantom tread Hallows a phantom ground — How in a gleam have these revealed The faith we had not found. We have sought God in a cloudy Heaven, We have passed by God on […]
The Black Hawk War of the Artists by Vachel Lindsay
Hawk of the Rocks, Yours is our cause to-day. Watching your foes Here in our war array, Young men we stand, Wolves of the West at bay. Power, power for war Comes from these trees divine; Power from the boughs, Boughs where the dew-beads shine, Power from the cones Yea, from the breath of the […]
Repression of War Experience by Siegfried Sassoon
Now light the candles; one; two; there’s a moth; What silly beggars they are to blunder in And scorch their wings with glory, liquid flame— No, no, not that,—it’s bad to think of war, When thoughts you’ve gagged all day come back to scare you; And it’s been proved that soldiers don’t go mad Unless […]
Epitaph On An Army of Mercenaries by A. E. Housman
These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth’s foundations fled, Followed their mercenary calling And took their wages and are dead. Their shoulders held the sky suspended; They stood, and earth’s foundations stay; What God abandoned, these defended, And saved the sum of things for pay. ————— The End And that’s […]
CIA Dope Calypso by Allen Ginsberg
In nineteen hundred forty-nine China was won by Mao Tse-tung Chiang Kai-shek’s army ran away They were waiting there in Thailand yesterday Supported by the CIA Pushing junk down Thailand way First they stole from the Meo Tribes Up in the hills they started taking bribes Then they sent their soldiers up to Shan Collecting […]
A Day on the Beach of War by Tony Stringfellow
A Day on the Beach of War by Tony Stringfellow A DAY ON THE BEACH OF WAR Soft and dry, The sand is warm under foot, Each step sinks like broken dreams And there are many footsteps behind them. This hot sand rubs between the toes And scratches under the eyelids. Lips are dry, Closed […]