Product Description: While John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields" stands as the signature poem of World War 1, the Canadian contribution to the poetry of this period is far wider and deeper. This collection of verse from the men and women who experienced the first great war of the twentieth century includes Charles G...read more

Product Description: Returning to a childhood marred by the Second World War, this revealing ensemble revisits the streets, shore, and woods that belonged to the resort town of Scarborough. In clear, quick-moving colloquial poetry, each word explores how the war affected the townspeople—turning some into curmudgeons, others into compassionate heroes—and how the experience toughened the frightened women and children into survivors, waiting for their men to come home...read more

Product Description: Originally published in 1990, this volume is an important addition to the literature on war and conflict and to the poetry of the 20th century.From Wilfred Owen, to Siegfried Sassoon, from Rupert Brooke to John McCrae, poetry has been recognized as an authentic voice of war...read more

Gathers poems published in the Canadian armed forces newspaper, the Maple Leaf, and written by soldiers to express their experiences and feelings in dealing with the horrors of war