I lived from 1920-1944. I was from England, and am in the English category.
Keith Douglas began to publish his verse in periodicals in the 1930s, while he was still studying at Oxford; however, the only volume to be published in his lifetime was 'Selected Poems' (1943). He was killed in Normandy. His reputation rests mainly on his war poetry, particularly that depicting the desert warfare he experienced in North Africa. The unquiet intensity of this piece is reminiscent of that found in some Elizabethan 'metaphysical' poetry. The German title, 'Vergissmeinnicht', means 'Forget me not'
My poetry
- Remember me when I am dead
and simplify me when I'm dead.36 lines, 4 comments - Three weeks gone and the combatants gone
returning over the nightmare ground24 lines, 2 comments - The noble horse with courage in his eye,
clean in the bone, looks up at a shellburst:20 lines - Living in a wide landscape are the flowers -
Rosenberg I only repeat what you were saying -16 lines, 2 comments - Bells in the town alight with spring
converse, with a concordance of new airs19 lines, 7 comments - Shall I get drunk or cut myself a piece of cake,
a pasty Syrian with a few words of English31 lines, 1 comment - Actors waiting in the wings of Europe
we already watch the lights on the stage18 lines
