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Great Poems of the World War

Various

A selection of poems written during or immediately after the First World War (1914-1918). Most are by men (American, British, Canadian or Australian) who served in combat but some are by non-combatants who describe the ways in which the war impacted on their lives, their families and their communities.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Before Action by Lieut. William Noel Hodgson (1893-1916)	Alan Mapstone	00:02:16
Play 02	No Man's Land by Capt. James H. Knight-Adkin (1878-1948)	Alan Mapstone	00:02:30
Play 03	French in the Trenches by William J. Robinson (1867-1936)	Alan Mapstone	00:02:50
Play 04	Ragnarok by Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943)	Alan Mapstone	00:03:42
Play 05	Poppies by Capt. John Mills Hanson	Alan Mapstone	00:02:15
Play 06	The Graves of Gallipolli by L.L. (A.N.Z.A.C)	Alan Mapstone	00:03:21
Play 07	Battle of Belleau Wood by Edgar A. Guest	Alan Mapstone	00:02:43
Play 08	Bullington by C. Fox Smith (1882-1954)	Alan Mapstone	00:04:05
Play 09	Christ in Flanders by L. W.	Alan Mapstone	00:03:42
Play 10	Not Too Old to Fight by T. C. Harbaugh (1849-1924)	Alan Mapstone	00:03:21
Play 11	In Flanders Fields by Lieut. Col. John McCrae (d.1918)	Alan Mapstone	00:01:22
Play 12	The Soldier by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)	Alan Mapstone	00:01:32
Play 13	The Gentlemen of Oxford by Norah M. Holland (1876-1925)	Alan Mapstone	00:02:29
Play 14	Morituri te Salutant by P.H.B.L	Alan Mapstone	00:02:48
Play 15	Magpies in Picardy by "Tipcuca"	Alan Mapstone	00:02:30
Play 16	The Song of the Guns by Herbert Kaufman (1878-1947)	Alan Mapstone	00:02:43
Play 17	Telling the Bees by G.E.R.	Alan Mapstone	00:02:14
Play 18	The War Horse by Lieut. L. Fleming	Alan Mapstone	00:03:52
Play 19	The Homecoming by Leroy Folge	Alan Mapstone	00:03:29
Play 20	The Unknown Soldier Armistice Day at Arlington by Grantland Rice (d.1954)	Alan Mapstone	00:05:08

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