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 bleak¹ 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！