4 stars for the poetry.
3 stars for the biographical sketch.

It's WWI poetry, so you know what you're in for.

I'm not a fan of poetry but can appreciate the historic significance of these poems. The diary entries were more interesting to me.

I managed to get hold of a 1920 edition of this book. Having been very familiar with his ‘in Flanders fields’ poem I was delighted to find other poems he wrote.

However, the best part of the book was to read Sir Andrew McPhail’s essay, which brought to life the character and person behind the poems. At times it was moving, at others humbling, but overall it shone the light on a remarkable man.

Well worth the read.

"No grief of night can weigh
Against the joys that throng thy coming day."

"Ye think with regret that the world was
bright,
That your path was short and your task was
light;
The path, though short, was perhaps the best
And the toil was sweet, that it led to rest."

Painful and beautiful

This book contains poetry about World War I by Lieutenant Wilfred Owen as well as the most famous World War I poem of all by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.

Poems Included:
• "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae
• "Strange Meeting" by Wilfred Owen
• "Greater Love"
• "Apologia pro Poemate Meo"
• "The Show"
• "Mental Cases"
• "Parable of the Old Men and the Young"
• "Arms and the Boy"
• "Anthem for Doomed Youth"
• "The Send-off"
• "Insensibility"
• "Dulce et Decorum Est"
• "The Sentry"
• "The Dead-Beat"
• "Exposure"
• "Spring Offensive"
• "The Chances"
• "S.I.W."
• "Futility"
• "Smile, Smile, Smile"
• "Conscious"
• "A Terre"
• "Wild with All Regrets"
• "Disabled"

The narrator is Ralph Cosham, who is my favorite Sherlock Holmes audiobook narrator.