The Rest: Terror
...The French word for ‘cockroach’ is ‘le cafard’.
In some contexts it can mean ‘depression’.
But for the soldiers always standing guard,
‘Avoir le cafard’ refers to boredom.
I’ve heard war has bee...
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Categories:
stretcher bearer, conflict, death, depression, fear,
Form: Sonnet
The Bath
...An ordinary Australian from an ordinary country place
Who rallied to the flag's call with god's good grace
He was one of the 33rd Battalion "New England's Own"
Into this swirling maelstrom they we...
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Categories:
stretcher bearer, world war i, ,
Form: Ballad