Henry Reed Away Poems

  • 1.
    Those of you that have got through the rest, I am going to rapidly
    Devote a little time to showing you, those that can master it,
    A few ideas about tactics, which must not be confused
    With what we call strategy. Tactics is merely
    ...
  • 2.
    Within the great grey flapping tent
    The damp crowd stood or stamped about;
    And some came in, and some went out
    To drink the moist November air;
    ...
  • 3.
    Look, my love, on the wall, and here, at this Eastern picture.
    How still its scene, and neither of sleep nor waking:
    No shadow falls from the tree or the golden mountain,
    The boats on the glassy lake have no reflection,
    ...
  • 4.
    My love, you are timely come, let me lie by your heart.
    For waking in the dark this morning, I woke to that mystery,
    Which we can all wake to, at some dark time or another:
    Waking to find the room not as I thought it was,
    ...
  • 5.
    Quelle belle heure, quels bons bras
    me rendront ces régions d'où mes
    sommeils et mes moindres mouvements?

    ...
  • 6.
    This above all remember: they will be very brave men,
    And you will be facing them. You must not despise them.

    I am, as you know, like all true professional soldiers,
    ...
  • 7.
    Not only how far away, but the way that you say it
    Is very important. Perhaps You may never get
    The knack of judging a distance, but at least you know
    How to report on a landscape: the central sector,
    ...
Total 7 Away Poems by Henry Reed

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