A million young workmen straight and strong lay stiff on the grass and roads,
And the million are now under soil and their rottening flesh
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Focused and factual. Facts do not cease to exist because they're being ignored. A work of an intricate mind.
Part 2. Nothing has changed even today. The only change is Kings have given way for putins and xi jinpings. That is all
A most forceful anti war poem. Relevant to this day. " The kings are grinning, the Kaiser and the czar" while….. " A million young workmen straight and strong lay stiff on the grass and roads" dead.
A successful anti-World War I poem. Young men fought and died in that futile war, while the German Kaiser and the Russian Czar survived to live a comfortable life. There is compassion and criticism in this powerful poem.
One of the best poets of our time! And one of his best poems! Someone should send this poem to Putin!