WW1 Poetry They Didn't Let You Read

Parody of ‘Little grey horse in the West’ by Lieutenant Gamble of the Durhams 20 November 1915

There’s a shallow wet trench near Houplines

‘Tis the wettest there has ever been,

There are bullets that fly,

There are shells in the sky,

And it smells like a German ‘has been’.

 

 

My dug-out’s a haven of rest,

Though it’s only a tumble down nest,

But with ‘Johnsons’ around,

I must keep underground,

Til the golden sun sinks in the west.

The above poem is taken from the very interesting Tommy Rot WW1 Poetry They Didn't Let You Read by John Sadler & Rosie Serdiville which is available to reserve on our online catalogue. It contains a variety of very interesting poetry that helps give a different view of the war to the traditional war poetry that is taught in schools.