Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNSCARRED FIGHTER REMEMBERS FRANCE, by KENNETH SLADE ALLING First Line: That amazing holiday Last Line: Standing by an open grave. Subject(s): France; Soldiers | ||||||||
That amazing holiday: Wine and brotherhood and passion, Paradisal in its way, Elemental in its fashion. Those of you that must come after, Will not know this blithe and brave Thing we met with vivid laughter, Standing by an open grave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL ARMIES ARE THE SAME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY ABSENT WITH OFFICIAL LEAVE by RANDALL JARRELL PORT OF EMBARKATION by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON OPERATION MEMORY by DAVID LEHMAN A PRESENCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |
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