Dove <\/b><\/p>\n
Dyed grey and hidden in a sack<\/p>\n
you witnessed the full rawness of the war<\/p>\n
as you were carried innocently<\/p>\n
by my thirsty soldiers<\/p>\n
who were betrayed<\/p>\n
by their static love<\/p>\n
as you were<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
AAG 1916<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Medal <\/b><\/p>\n Blood in the water<\/p>\n Blood in the sea<\/p>\n A medal for the general<\/p>\n And fuck all for me<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AAG 1916<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Pleasure Whistle<\/b><\/p>\n Like the dawn chorus<\/p>\n Your whistle breaks<\/p>\n The mourning air<\/p>\n With its shrill shrill bark<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As we climb the short hill<\/p>\n That lies in front of us<\/p>\n We kiss our mothers<\/p>\n Perhaps for the final time<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AAG 1917<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Untitled<\/b><\/p>\n The sheet of steel<\/p>\n That covers my Black Bible<\/p>\n Does not hide my heart<\/p>\n It only protects<\/p>\n My love for you<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AAG 1917<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Homeland \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n I arrived at a squalid dock<\/p>\n On a squalid ship<\/p>\n And received a squalid welcome<\/p>\n You note in your letter<\/p>\n That my teaching post<\/p>\n Has been left open for me<\/p>\n But what else is there to teach<\/p>\n Our future soldiers?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AAG 1918<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Harvest<\/b><\/p>\n Never has the harvest felt so fresh as it did today<\/p>\n Let us work until we share the sky with the new moon<\/p>\n And then and only then celebrate my return <\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n AAG 1919<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dove Dyed grey and hidden in a sack you witnessed the full rawness of the war as you were carried innocently by my thirsty soldiers who were betrayed by their static love as you were AAG 1916 Medal Blood in the water Blood in the sea A medal for the general And fuck […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}