First World War Poems

All the most famous poets from the trenches - Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Edward Thomas, as well as those writing on the Home Front.

This is an anthology of over 100 poems written during and about the First World War. It follows the format and design of Anova's highly succesful 'Ode To' series.

There are all the famous frontline poets - including Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Edward Thomas - but also civilians writing from the Home Front, including Rudyard Kipling and Vera Brittain.

The poems are organised into themed chapters, ranging from the war in the air to the impact on families and sweethearts and even the contribution of animals.

Two of the poems are previously unpublished gems by an airman called Eric Simson.