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Graves of the first world war

Headstones standing row on row
Shining white as the snow,
Many bearing an unknown name.
Yet buried all are the same
Rank and file all together
A tie that no-one can sever.

Buried in the land they died
Moved from where they lied.
The mess and mud of the field
long gone; old wounds have healed.
All together buring row on row
With headstones as white as snow
All are equal in death.

Author notes

When going to Beligium to see the battlefields of WW1 we went to tynecot cemetary and I wrote this.

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  • Nin.
    August 16, 2007

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    its really good! i love world war 1 poetry. you should read some sigfried sasson, hes the best ww1 poet i know, him and wilfred owen.


  • SpydurPoet gold member
    August 5, 2007

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    Wow. This is an interesting poem. I love poems about war. I am not sure why. I am so fascinated by history. The only thing is that there were a few typos in here. I think perhaps the second line of the second stanza should be 'they' instead of 'the.' I may have read it wrong, though. Still an awesome poem!
    Write on.
    ~*~SP~*~


    • DarkStatic
      August 5, 2007
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      Thanks. I'm not too sure either but it is a fascinating subject to write about.

      Thank you for finding the typo I've corrected it now.

      Thanks!