They ate the ground and its residues of shells,
they ate the unknown bullets of steel
fired
by soldiers in the exhausted glances,
they ate the sky poisoned by fears,
by parties prisoners of reasons,
they ate the members torn away from their brothers,
the rain of thick blood which flowed of the eyes,
they ate rats
and rabid dogs,
they ate the bewilderment of the clouds of bombs,
they ate the fantomes which crushed their ribs,
they ate the night indifference and of time,
those whom they served had forgotten
that they had stomaches of flesh
which could only vomit
the hatred, the blood, the death
and what looks like them.

6 Responses to “11th november”

1. littlebeknown Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am

   Back to the forgotten battlefields and the forgotten wars — the battlefields of WWI — images reminiscent of an Issac Rosenberg poem. Thanks for the poem. Jerry

2. yann rolland Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

   thanks Jerry, another poet to discover, could you give a tip for a book ?

   regards

   yann

3. Ida Werrett Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

   Sadly, most young people today don’t know anything about WWII, let alone WWI. All that death and destruction forgotten and we just move on to the next one.
   Ida

4. littlebeknown Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

   I don’t have a book in mind — though they do exist. Plenty is available online — try: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/isaac_rosenberg. He’s the right guy to be reading today. Jerry

5. littlebeknown Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

   http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/isaac_rosenberg

6. yann rolland Says:
   November 12th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

   Thanks Jerry, I saw poems of rosenberg and they are mainly about wars, very talented poet indeed and the site is interesting. Thanks twice.

   yann

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