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Tag Archives: Wilfred Owen
A Poem by Wilfred Owen on His Natal Day
Wilfred Owen was born on March 18, 1893. He was an English poet and a soldier, one of the most memorable and powerful poets of WWI, whose poems depicted the horrors of the trenches and gas warfare. Most of his … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, World War I
Tagged A Poem by Wilfred Owen on His Natal Day, Futility, Wilfred Owen
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ON THIS DAY: March 18, 2020
March 18th is Sloppy Joe Day Awkward Moments Day Forgive Mom & Dad Day Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day National Biodiesel Day Transit Driver Appreciation Day * ___________________________________ MORE! Janet Soga, Unita Blackwell and Queen Latifah, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Janet Soga, Kicking Bear, Margaret Tucker, Nathanael Herreshoff, Queen Latifah, Unita Blackwell, Wilfred Owen
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ON THIS DAY: December 30, 2019
December 30th is Bacon Day * Bicarbonate of Soda Day Falling Needles Cleanup Day _______________________________________ MORE! Elyne Mitchell, Wilfred Owen and Tu Youyou, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Elyne Mitchell, Helena Normanton, Osman Hamid Bey, Rudyard Kipling, Tu Youyou, Wilfred Owen, Yvonne Brill
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Word Cloud: FAÇADE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In Georgette Heyer’s novel Regency Buck, Mrs. Scattergood’s description of herself fits my first impression of Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) perfectly: “I am shockingly expensive, but you won’t mind that, I daresay. Oh, you are looking at my gown … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Dylan Thomas, Edith Sitwell, FAÇADE, French Symbolists, Marfan syndrome, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, Wilfred Owen, WWI and WWII
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ON THIS DAY: December 30, 2018
December 30th is Bacon Day * Bicarbonate of Soda Day Falling Needles Cleanup Day _______________________________________ MORE! Elyne Mitchell, Wilfred Owen and Tu Youyou, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Dita Indah Sari, Elyne Mitchell, Osman Hamid Bey, Rudyard Kipling, Tu Youyou, Wilfred Owen, Yvonne Brill
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The Coffee Shop – Wilfred Owen: “Dulce et Decorum Est”
Wilfred Owen, one of the great poets of World War 1, was born in England in 1893. He enlisted in 1915, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment. By early 1917, he had undergone several traumatic … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Dulce et Decorum Est, poem, Wilfred Owen, World War I
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Word Cloud: WARCRY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD This month marks the 99th Anniversary of the end of the Somme Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Somme. The Somme was one of the longest, bloodiest battles in human history: between July 1, and … Continue reading
Posted in Heroism, History, Poetry, Word Cloud, World War I
Tagged Battle of the Somme, Bertrand Russell, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Somme Offensive, Trench fever, Warcry, Wilfred Owen
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“Anthem For Doomed Youth”: A Poem by Wilfred Owen Read by Kenneth Branagh
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Anthem for Doomed Youth was written by Wilfred Owen in 1916, when he was a patient at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh, recovering from shell shock.
Posted in Literature, Poetry, War, World History, World War I
Tagged Memorial Day, Wilfred Owen
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In Honor of National Poetry Month: War Poems
By Charlton “Chuck” Stanley I first became interested in war poems when I discovered the work of Wilfred Owen. He was killed exactly one week before the Armistice was signed in November 1918. That first poem of his I read … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, War, World History, World War I
Tagged John McRae, Literature, Poetry, Wilfred Owen
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