ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (45)

WAR PICTURES

    "GERMAN Retreat From Arras" "Official Films"-they came After "Corinne and Her Minstrels" Had ministered to fame.

    After "Corinne and Her Minstrels" Had pigeon-toed away, We saw where bits of churches And bits of horses lay.

    We saw bleak desolation； We saw no unscathed tree. We shivered in our comfort And murmured： "Can it be！"

    But later, walking homeward, Repeating： "Is it true？" We brushed a khaki shoulder And asked no more. We knew！