Keith Douglas typifies to me the warrior poet. His eagerness to fight in a cause he believed in, his lack of self pity and - in the Canoe, which I think is his finest poem - his premonition of death elevates him to tragic mastery.
mans said i is the biggest nitty ever and i eat sandwiches with nothing in them because i find that funny
A very underrated poet, a tragedy enough he should die so young after a not particularly happy early life compounded by the fact that his work is overlooked. His awareness of the humanity of the enemy sets apart from even Owen; his victims are real men with mothers and girlfriends. His poems are technically innovative and his images persist.
Congratulations to the family of the late Captain Poet Douglas chosen as The Poet Of The Day! He is a war hero, died while on service in World War 2. A greatest deed, dying while the bullets were going through them