History & Politics

Strafe

by Ivor Gurney 1890–1937

From Severn & Somme (1917)

History & Politics

The “crumps” are falling twenty to the minute.
We crouch, and wait the end of it--or us.
Just behind the trench, before, and in it,
The “crumps” are falling twenty to the minute;
(O Framilode! O Maisemore’s laughing linnet!)
Here comes a monster like a motor-bus.
The “crumps” are falling twenty to the minute:
We crouch and wait the end of it--or us.

MLA

Gurney, Ivor. “Strafe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gurney/48/.

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Gurney, Ivor. “Strafe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gurney/48/.

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