Monday, May 29, 2017

Two Poems for Memorial Day (Part 1)

According to Roman poet and satirist Horace (65-8 B.C.), "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (It is sweet and seemly to die for one's country)." Is it? Today read the poem "Memorial Day" by American poet Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918).

(Tomorrow: a poem by Wilfred Owen)

Sgt. Joyce Kilmer, as a member
of the Fighting 69th Infantry Regiment,
United States Army, c. 1918

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