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Originally published in 1990, this volume is an important addition
to the literature on war and conflict and to the poetry of the 20th
century. From Wilfred Owen, to Siegfried Sassoon, from Rupert
Brooke to John McCrae, poetry has been recognised as an authentic
voice of war. This volume adds another dimension to that voice!
"Its a safe bet that most Second War servicemen and women didnt
know an iambic from a pentameter but that didnt stop a surprising
number of them from writing poetry.Maybe there is a bit of poet in
most human beings, just waiting a chance for expression." The Maple
Leaf was a Canadian Army newspaper published during the war and it
published a regular feature entitled "Rhyme and Reason", a weekly
collection of soldier poems. The poems in this volume come from
that publication. The poets were not professionals, far from it.
But each poet/soldier crafted words into poetry in order to convey
their thoughts, feelings, experiences. Each poem reflects immediacy
and authenticity. Every reader cannot but be deeply touched and
affected by the poems contained in this book.
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