Back cover:
"Described by Target magazine as a 'writer of profound depth and stature,' and by English as 'pwoerful, energetic, varied and original', Andrew Hawthorne is also the winner of the TS Elliot Society's Award. His War Poems is the largest collection of war poetry since Siegfried Sassoon's.
In this, he explores the horrors of trench warfare, the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, and the impact on those who 'kept the home fires burning'. Starting with an homage to Harry Patch, the 'last fighting Tommy', the collection continues with a tour of the Western Front in all its terrors through the experiences of characters real and imagined, both in the front line and those waiting at home.
A further selection of poems deal with subsequent conflicts, and the book is finished with a provocative essay about the myths surrounding war poetry and gives a new meaning of what it might actually