Sunday WW1 Poet....

The theme for this month's WW1 poems 

is 


Literary Figures 


Those poets who are perhaps better known for their stories

D H Lawrence

1885 - 1930

Future War

After our industrial civilisation has broken, and 

the civilisation of touch has begun

war will cease, there will be no more wars.

The heart of man, in so far as it is budding, is budding warless

and budding towards infinite variety, variegation

and where there is infinite variety, there is no interest in war.

Oneness, makes war, the obsession of oneness





David Herbert Lawrence was born and educated in Nottingham,
During the First World War he was know for his anti war poems and is, of course, now recognised as one of our great English writers.

His novels include:


Sons and Lovers (1913)
The Rainbow (1915)
Women in Love (1920)
Lady Chatterley's Lover(1928)



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Sunday War Poet...

David Herbert Lawrence

1885 - 1930

Bombardment

The Town has opened to the sun.

Like a flat red lily with a million petals

She unfolds, she comes undone.

A sharp sky brushes upon

The myriad glittering chimney-pots

As she gently exhales to the sun.

Hurrying creatures run

Down the labyrinth of the sinister flower.

What is it they shun?

A dark bird falls from the sun.

It curves in a rush to the heart of the vast

Flower: the day has begun.

D H Lawrence is an English novelist, poet and literary critic who is best remembered for his novels

Lady Chatterley's Lover, Sons and Lovers, and Women in Love, amongst others.
He was, however, the author of over 800 poems.

He is considered one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.

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