In bitter satire, Siegfried Sassoon lashes those who cheer marching soldiers but ignore war’s victims. Imagine what he would have thought of Donald Trump.
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On Those Who Fail to Honor the Fallen
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Soldiers: Citizens of Death’s Grey Land
A poem by World War I vet Siegfried Sassoon describing soldiers as dreamers.
A War Hero Who Derided Memorials
World War I poet Sassoon lambasts those who think that war memorials pay off the debt to those who gave their lives.
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Searching for God in the Trenches
For Sassoon’s soldier in the trenches, easy belief in God has given way to mystic search.
Death Has Made Me Wise, Bitter, Strong
I honor Veterans Day with a Sassoon poem where a veteran remembers fallen comrades.
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