Poems from the First World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts and family and friends who experienced WWI from different standpoints. It records the early excitement and patriotism, the bravery, friendship and loyalty of the soldiers, and the heartbreak, disillusionment and regret as the war went on to damage a generation.
 
It includes poems from Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Vera Brittain, Eleanor Farjeon, Edward Thomas, Laurence Binyon, John McCrae, Siegfried Sassoon and many more.
 
Published in association with The Imperial War Museum, which was founded in 1917 to collect and display material relating to the 'Great War', which was still being fought.
 
Size: 129mm x 197mm x 13mm
Paperback
No. pages: 208
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 8 May 2014