A Collection of First World War Poetry - Janet Borsbey

Theme: Social Issues

More than any other conflict, the Great War inspired writers of all generations and classes.  

This collection reflects the wide variety of poems written, in the English language, about The War that Will End War (H. G. Wells, 1914). The collection contains poetry written during, or immediately after, the First World War. The poets were influenced by their war experiences in many different ways: some served in the trenches, others drove ambulances, flew planes, fought at sea or wrote propaganda for war offices. Many of the poets were killed or wounded in action and most were extremely young.