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Subject: NORMANDY (FRANCE), INVASION OF
Matches Found: 3

CARENTAN O CARENTAN, by LOUIS SIMPSON    Poem Text             Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Trees in the old days used to stand / and shape a shady land
Subject(s): D Day (june 6, 1944); World War Ii; Normandy (france), Invasion Of; Second World War


LITANY FOR D-DAY: 1944, by HENRY MORTON ROBINSON    Poem Text                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Epaulettes of farragut, / powder-horn of boone
Last Line: Not to be safe, but free.
Variant Title(s): Litany For A New A.e.f.
Subject(s): D Day (june 6, 1944); Normandy (france), Invasion Of


VETERAN, by ANDREW MOTION    Poem Text             Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: Across the field, the wood
Subject(s): D Day (june 6, 1944); Veterans; World War Ii; Normandy (france), Invasion Of; Second World War