Poem of the week: Vergissmeinnicht by Keith Douglas

A soldier comes face to face with another he has killed, aghast to recognise his dead opponent’s humanityVergissmeinnichtThree weeks gone and the combatants gone returning over the nightmare ground we found the place again, and found the soldier sprawling in the sun. Continue reading...

May 5, 2025 - 10:22
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Poem of the week: Vergissmeinnicht by Keith Douglas

A soldier comes face to face with another he has killed, aghast to recognise his dead opponent’s humanity

Vergissmeinnicht

Three weeks gone and the combatants gone
returning over the nightmare ground
we found the place again, and found
the soldier sprawling in the sun. Continue reading...