Vernichtung

First World War Centenary Poetry Collection

by VARIOUS ( - )

This collection of poetry, with its companion prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of the poetry, all chosen by the readers, is in English, but the collection also includes poems in Dutch, French, German, Portuguese and Russian. Please note that some poems are still protected by copyright in countries which observe copyright laws based on the author's date of death. The majority of the poems were written during the war itself, but some poems have been included for their relevance in other ways. For more information about each poem, please see this document (PDF format), which also shows the poets' dates of death. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

Listen next episodes of First World War Centenary Poetry Collection:
A New John Bull , Aan die komen , Alan Seeger , An Irish Airman Foresees His Death , Anthem for Doomed Youth , As the Team's Head-Brass , At the Somme Under the Tricolour , Au Reichstag , Berliner Gerüchte , Champagne (1914-15) , Conscious , Does It Matter? , Edith Cavell , Espasmo , Exaltação da paz , I Have a Rendezvous with Death , Im Osten , Langemarck at Ypres , Lines , Louse Hunting , Maktoob , Malédiction , Might and Right , Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France , Op de oorlogsgrens , Scots of the Riverina , Selections from Severn and Somme , Slachtveld , Suicide in Trenches , The Chances , The Dead , The Harvest Moon , The Healers , The Hosts , The Messages , The Next War , The Price of Peace , The Road not Taken , The Star of Australasia , The White Comrade , There's Another Blessed Horse Fell Down , To E. T. , To His Love , Война Объявлена (Vojna Obyavlena) , Wie in de loopgraaf ligt