Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEARCHLIGHTS, by PAUL BEWSHER First Line: You who have seen across the star-decked skies Last Line: Which slowly moves across the shell-torn night? Subject(s): Air Warfare; Aviation & Aviators; World War I; Airplanes; Air Pilots; First World War | ||||||||
YOU who have seen across the star-decked skies The long white arms of searchlights slowly sweep, Have you imagined what it is to creep High in the darkness, cold and terror-wise, For ever looked for by those cruel eyes Which search with far-flung beams the shadowy deep, And near the wings unending vigil keep To haunt the lonely airman as he flies? Have you imagined what it is to know That if one finds you all their fierce desire To see you fall will dog you as you go, High in a sea of light and bursting fire, Like some small bird, lit up and blinding white, Which slowly moves across the shell-torn night? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE DAWN PATROL by PAUL BEWSHER |
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