Blume Library: World War I: Poetry

Poetry Sites

British Library - Reframing First World War Poetry
Extracted from the introductory chapter "Reframing First World War Poetry" in Santanu Das ed. The Cambridge Companion to First World War Poetry (2013).
British World War I Poetry
From the Internet History Sourcebooks Project.
First World War Poetry Showcase
Compiled by Poetry by Heart, a British national competition where 14-18 year old students memorize and recite a pre-1914 and a post-1914 poem.
Lost Poets of the Great War
Rusche, Harry. Lost Poets of the Great War. n.d. Emory U. Web. 29 May 2015.
Poems and Poets of the First World War
Six selected poets and seven of their poems on The Great War, 1914-1918 website. Background information is provided on several of the poems and suggested further reading is included.
Poetry Foundation - Poem Sampler - The Poetry of World War I
Poets and Poetry of the Great War
Prose & Poetry
From firstworldwar.com multimedia history site.
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
An online repository of over 7,000 items of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research hosted at Oxford University. The Great War Archive section includes photos, letters, and memorabilia contributed by the general public.
The War Poetry Website - First World War Poetry