I am at present engaged in a dialogue with Brett Ryan in Australia. Today is Anzac day, a day the slaughter of a large number of people who's lives were wasted by the bad judgement of their military superiors is celebrated as if it is worthy of patriotic pride, all that really happened is, sadly, that more lost Sheepies died.
Elaine Ross Kelly April 25 at 6:45pm
SHOW BRETT O PR LINKS ANZAC DAY LIES - 25.4.10.
I SHOW BRETT ANZAC DAY LINKS SOLDIER POET.
The Jester in the Trench, Leon Gellert
‘That just reminds me of a yarn,’ he said;
And everybody turned to hear his tale.
He had a thousand yarns inside his head.
They waited for him, ready with their mirth
And creeping smiles, — then suddenly turned pale,
Grew still, and gazed upon the earth.
They heard no tale. No further word was said.
And with his untold fun,
Half leaning on his gun,
They left him — dead.
The Attack at Dawn, Leon Gellert
‘At every cost,’ they said, ‘it must be done.’
They told us in the early afternoon.
We sit and wait the coming of the sun
We sit in groups, — grey groups that watch the moon.
We stretch our legs and murmur half in sleep
And touch the tips of bayonets and yarn.
Our hands are cold. They strangely grope and creep,
Tugging at ends of straps. We wait the dawn!
Some men come stumbling past in single file.
And scrape the trench’s side and scatter sand.
They trip and curse and go. Perhaps we smile.
We wait the dawn! … The dawn is close at hand!
A gentle rustling runs along the line.
‘At every cost,’ they said, ‘it must be done.’
A hundred eyes are staring for the sign.
It’s coming! Look! … Our God’s own laughing sun!
I SHOW BRETT O LINKS THE ANZAC DAY SOLDIER.
I SHOW BRETT 2 ANZAC DAY SOLDIER LEON TIPS.
ANZAC DAY'S SOLDIER POET, O LINKS HIM BRETT.
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These poems on the left were written by 23-year-old Australian soldier-poet Leon Gellert, from Adelaide, a combatant at Gallipoli, to mark the evacuation of the peninsula in 1915.
Elaine Ross Kelly April 26 at 4:21pm
When I found this line -
I SHOW BRETT ANZAC DAY LINKS SOLDIER POET.
I knew I had to look at Anzac day poetry. How many poems do you think I had to find before I found the soldier poet who's name fits the code to YOU?
Here's a clue - I copied and sent you the two poems BEFORE finding the soldier Leon lines.
MY O LINK BRETT HAS ID'S ANZAC POET SOLDIER.
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