The First World War was “one of the seminal moments of the twentieth century in which literate soldiers, plunged into inhuman conditions, reacted to their surroundings in poems”, writes ...

The most poignant and powerful poems of the first world war, read by Classic FM's presenters. Skip to content. skip to navigation. Classic FM. Listen. On Air Now. Calm Classics with Myleene Klass 10pm ...

THE heartache suffered by relatives who lost loved ones on the bloody battlefields of the First World War has been revealed in a series poems they wrote and published online today.

Children’s World War One poems mark National Poetry Day 29 August 2016. Children from schools in Masterton have joined with local author and illustrator and author Michelle O’Connell in ...

The centenary of World War One means the work of the British war poets has been much quoted of late. But the reputation of writers critical of the war, such as Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen ...

In the second episode of this series of The Essay, first broadcast in 2024, he talked with presenter Olivia O'Leary about his World War 1 poems, many of which were inspired by his own father's ...

Can revisiting the pain in the poems of the First World War remind us of the value of peace? Is it possible that we have found solace in their words, and our angst found a vent in their voice?

Here are two poems that reflect the mood of the world at this time. They were written in the middle twentieth century and talk about war at a time when war seized the consciousness of the world.

World War One poem, In Flanders Fields, spelt out in poppies at locations in ... A trade deal, a family photo and the Middle East - Trump's short G7. Subsection. US & Canada. Published. 18 hours ago.

In a 2024 interview, the late Belfast poet Michael Longley talks with Olivia O'Leary about his World War 1 poetry, which was inspired by his father's experience. Show more The Irish poet Michael ...