prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of the poetry, all chosen by the readers, is in English, but the collection also includes poems…"> prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of the poetry, all chosen by the readers, is in English, but the collection also includes poems…" /> prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of the poetry, all chosen by the readers, is in English, but the collection also includes poems…" />
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First World War Centenary Poetry Collection

This collection of poetry, with its companion prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of the poetry, all chosen by the readers, is in English, but the collection also includes poems in Dutch, French, German, Portuguese and Russian.

Please note that some poems are still protected by copyright in countries which observe copyright laws based on the author's date of death.

The majority of the poems were written during the war itself, but some poems have been included for their relevance in other ways. For more information about each poem, please see this document (PDF format), which also shows the poets' dates of death. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

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Preface to Poems by Wilfred Owen (David Wales)
For the Fallen (Ruth Golding)
Мама и убитый немцами вечер (Mama i ubity nemcami vecher) (Anastasiia Solokha)
To Germany (John Hayward)
Range-finding (Winston Tharp)
The Red Flower (Lucy Perry)
Wildgänse rauschen durch die Nacht (Julia Niedermaier)
Dulce et Decorum Est (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Glory of Women (Ernst Pattynama)
There Will Come Soft Rains (Winston Tharp)
Lament in 1915 (B. H. W.) (Martin Geeson)
Not to Keep (MaryAnn)
In Flanders Fields (David Wales)
Vernichtung (Hokuspokus)
I Have a Rendezvous with Death (Phil Schempf)
Alan Seeger (Ruth Golding)
Espasmo (Leni)
The Chances (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Au Reichstag (Patrick Wallace)
Scots of the Riverina (Son of the Exiles)
The Star of Australasia (Son of the Exiles)
The Hosts (ravenotation)
Lines (Ruth Golding)
Wie in de loopgraaf ligt (Anna Simon)
Suicide in Trenches (Lynne T)
Conscious (filespnr)
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death (Sieska)
The Road not Taken (Kasper)
As the Team's Head-Brass (Patrick Wallace)
Slachtveld (Anna Simon)
The Next War (Winston Tharp)
Exaltação da paz (Leni)
The Messages (MaryAnn)
A New John Bull (Son of the Exiles)
Champagne (1914-15) (ravenotation)
Berliner Gerüchte (Patrick Wallace)
Selections from Severn and Somme (Alan Mapstone)
Langemarck at Ypres (MaryAnn)
Malédiction (Ruth Golding)
Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France (ravenotation)
The Dead (Winston Tharp)
At the Somme Under the Tricolour (Phil Schempf)
Война Объявлена (Vojna Obyavlena) (Anastasiia Solokha)
Louse Hunting (Martin Geeson)
Maktoob (ravenotation)
There's Another Blessed Horse Fell Down (Son of the Exiles)
The White Comrade (MaryAnn)
Im Osten (Ruth Golding)
Edith Cavell (ravenotation)
Op de oorlogsgrens (Anna Simon)
Anthem for Doomed Youth (Alan Mapstone)
The Price of Peace (SkyAlbatross)
To E. T. (Winston Tharp)
Does It Matter? (Lynne T)
Aan die komen (Anna Simon)
The Healers (J Korth)
Might and Right (SkyAlbatross)
To His Love (Martin Geeson)
The Harvest Moon (MaryAnn)
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