'...the shattered trees, broken farmhouse, mounting death of comrades and uneasy brooding peace.' Photo: by Dave Hoefler on Unsplash

Poem by Roger Iredale

Strange meeting (after Wilfred Owen)

Poem by Roger Iredale

by Roger Iredale 29th April 2022

And suddenly we came upon fellow men, sipping tea
in a basket of darkness underneath a hollowed gentle
moon. Their voices overcame the stillness
of the silvered glade, the whereabouts of mystery