Auteur: CL Caspers

(In 1915 the Irish poet W.B. Yeats was asked to write a war poem to help raise funds for WWI. He declined. However, he was sparked to write “On Being Asked for a War Poem”, questioning his right to speak on such events.) They ask for a story with glory, Of a battle fought under […]

(In 1915 the Irish poet W.B. Yeats was asked to write a war poem to help raise funds for WWI. He declined. However, he was sparked to write “On Being Asked for a War Poem”, questioning his right to speak on such events.) Row upon row lie corpses, cold and still Only cause of mankind’s […]

(In 1915 W.B. Yeats was asked to write a war poem to help raise funds for WWI. He declined. However, he was sparked to write “On Being Asked for a War Poem”, questioning his right to speak on such events.) In trenches cold, the soldiers fight With fear and pain through endless nights The guns […]

(In 1915 the Irish poet W.B. Yeats was asked to write a war poem to help raise funds for WWI. He declined. However, he was sparked to write “On Being Asked for a War Poem”, questioning his right to speak on such events.) I could write about pain About their suffering and grief But wouldn’t […]