POEMS - EXPOSURE (quotes) Flashcards
“Our brains ache … “
“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us …”
“Low, drooping … “
“Low, drooping flares confuse our memory of the salient … “
“Worried by silence, … “
“Worried by silence, the sentries whisper, curious, nervous, / But nothing happens.”
“Watching, we hear the … “
“Watching, we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire, / Like twitching agonies of men among its brambles.”
“Northward, incessantly, … “
“Northward, incessantly, the flickering gunnery rumbles, / Far off, like a dull rumour of some other war. / What are we doing here?”
“We only know … “
“We only know war lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy.”
“Dawn massing in the east … “
“Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army / Attacks once more in ranks on shivering ranks of grey, / But nothing happens.”
“Sudden successive flights … “
“Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence.”
“Slowly, our ghosts … “
“Slowly, our ghosts drag home: glimpsing the sunk fires, glozed / With crusted dark-red jewels”
