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Famous Blighters Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Blighters poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous blighters poems. These examples illustrate what a famous blighters poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Sassoon, Siegfried
...The House is crammed: tier beyond tier they grin 
And cackle at the Show, while prancing ranks 
Of harlots shrill the chorus, drunk with din; 
‘We’re sure the Kaiser loves our dear old Tanks!’ 

I’d like to see a Tank come down the stalls,
Lurching to rag-time tunes, or ‘Home, sweet Home’, 
And there’d be no more jokes in Music-halls 
To mock the riddled c...Read More



by Service, Robert William
...'s quite upset me.
I've seen so much of bloody death I don't seem for to care,
 If I can only even up, how soon the blighters get me.
I'm sorry for them perishers that corpses in a bed;
 I only 'opes mine's short and sweet, no linger-longer-lyin';
I've made a mess of life, but now I'll try to make instead . . .
 It's seven sharp. Good-bye, old pals! . . . a decent job in dyin'....Read More

by Service, Robert William
...ered when the word came: Retreat!

Retreat! That was the 'ell of it. It fair upset our 'abits,
 A-runnin' from them blighters over 'alf the roads of France;
A-scurryin' before 'em like a lot of blurry rabbits,
 And knowin' we could smash 'em if we just 'ad 'alf a chance.
Retreat! That was the bitter bit, a-limpin' and a-blunderin';
 All day and night a-hoofin' it and sleepin' on our feet;
A-fightin' rear guard actions for a bit o' rest, and wonderin'
 If sugar beets o...Read More

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