Tom Kettle: Irish War Poet and nationalist was remembered by the Irish in France on the eve of the anniversary of his death. On Sunday, September 8, 2019, the Irish Embassy and the Irish in France ...

“Poetry and the Poppy” is part of World War I and America, a two-year national initiative of the Library of America, presented in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. ambassadors from 14 countries whose soldiers fought in World War I have recorded poems about the conflict written by their best-known poets. Britain’s U.N. Mission opened ...

Death Comes for the War Poets is a “verse tapestry” based on the work of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Own. ‘How does a human soul cope with the horror of war? Is there room for hope?” At first glance ...

Joseph Brown juggled two jobs in the early-1900s: undertaker and furniture salesman. A licensed embalmer, Brown studied mortuary science at the University of Minnesota — launching a half-century ...

R.H. Thomson recites the WW1 poem "Futility" written by soldier and poet Wilfred Owen whose work is part of The World Remembers project. Video by Cole Garside, The Ottawa Citizen Caroline Elliott: The ...