tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155683407959231167.post6331378334961851614..comments2023-09-24T05:23:40.930-07:00Comments on Poem du Jour: War! Hunh! What Is It Good For?Michael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155683407959231167.post-37386830843038327852008-05-13T08:26:00.000-07:002008-05-13T08:26:00.000-07:00Wow. Stunning stuff.I confess that I haven't read...Wow. Stunning stuff.<BR/><BR/>I confess that I haven't read a lot of WIlfred Owen. But based on what little I have read, he seems to have a lot in common with Russian writer Isaac Babel. Both of whom were writing from first-hand experience.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155683407959231167.post-4874003217002853202008-05-08T04:48:00.000-07:002008-05-08T04:48:00.000-07:00Le ChristianismeSo the church Christ was hit and b...<B>Le Christianisme</B><BR/>So the church Christ was hit and buried<BR/>Under its rubbish and its rubble.<BR/>In cellars, packed-up saints lie serried,<BR/>Well out of hearing of our trouble.<BR/><BR/>One Virgin still immaculate<BR/>Smiles on for war to flatter her.<BR/>She's halo'd with an old tin hat,<BR/>But a piece of hell will batter her.<BR/><I>Wilfred Owen</I>Ian Saleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375389971610069381noreply@blogger.com