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For Memorial Day…

Two pieces: One: William Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth”. What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattleCan patter out their hasty orisons.No mockeries for them; no prayers nor bells,Nor … Continue reading

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For Memorial Day…

Aftermath by Siegfried Sassoon Have you forgotten yet?…For the world’s events have rumbled on since those gagged days,Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways:And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flowLike clouds in … Continue reading

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