Today's poem:
Dulce et Décorum Est, by Wilfred Owen

https://at.tumblr.com/ukdamo/703779416891850752/2gvbripfq2eo

#war #death #patriotism #lies #WilfredOwen #poetry #honour #filth #deception #WWI

I've been listening to the #BBC 's #InOurTime for years now. The episode I heard today, about #WilfredOwen is perhaps unique. Rather than merely asking his guests questions, or to read a few lines, #MelvynBragg himself intervenes to read the end of *Dulce et Decorum Est*.

Poems that are dear to his heart, it seems. Merited.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001df48

(An unusual ending to the episode too...)

#WWI

I've been listening to the #BBC 's #InOurTime for years now. The episode I heard today, about #WilfredOwen is perhaps unique. Rather than merely asking his guests questions, or to read a few lines, #MelvynBragg himself intervenes to read the end of *Dulce et Decorum Est*.

Poems that are dear to his heart, it seems. Merited.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001df48

(An unusual ending to the episode too...)

#WWI

@aliettedb #WilfredOwen is a miracle. My personal favorite of his is The Parable of the Old Man and the Young. I can't hear or read that stunning last line without weeping.

Have you ever seen the film "Behind the Lines" starring Jonathan Pryce? (I think it had a different title in Britain. Based on the Pat Barker novel REGENERATION.) It's in part a wonderful depiction of the relationship between Owen and Sassoon, and gives Owen the last word, as it were.

Never forget. #RemembranceDay #WilfredOwen #DulceEtDecorumEst
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Good morning Fediverse!

The poem for today is a beautiful one about war, "Strange Meeting" by Wilfred Owen.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47395/strange-meeting

#Poetry #WilfredOwen