First World War Poetry

As Wilfred Owen wrote in the introduction to his anthology of First World War poetry, published shortly before his death in 1918. "There is no poetry in war, only pity, and the poetry is in the pity."

This is a wonderful collection of the greatest poetry from World War I. Among the poets are the aforementioned Owen, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Brook and  Rudyard Kipling.

This anthology brings together the patriotic, the heroic and the tragic face of war poetry.

I cannot say it is beautiful, much of the poetry is hard and ripped by the struggle of life in the trenches of France and Flanders, but it does tear your heart with the pity of it all. And as Owen said, there lies the poetry.