First World War Readings at Kardomah94
Last week, The History Troupe cast from Oppy Wood plus Rob Bell; Geoff Sargieson and Norah Hanson read a selection of material from all over the world. Poems and writings from Russia to Italy; India to Armenia and the Wipers Times were added to more well known poems from the British Isles and Germany.
There is one poem from China. Few people know that 140,000 Chinese were sent to the Western front to help out on the docks and behind the lines. A deal had been struck that - if the Allies won the war, the ports on the Chinese coast that were under German rule would be returned. At Versailles they were given to Japan. To compound the felony. the victorious allies re-deployed them - clearing the battlefields and building cemetries for the dead. Many were killed - because they had not been warned of the danger of live shells. In one shell casing a poem ...
The readings are listed in a Blog Rob Bell has been running for a while. This blog is all about journeys...
Go to: http://rihlajourney.wordpress.com/
Last week, The History Troupe cast from Oppy Wood plus Rob Bell; Geoff Sargieson and Norah Hanson read a selection of material from all over the world. Poems and writings from Russia to Italy; India to Armenia and the Wipers Times were added to more well known poems from the British Isles and Germany.
There is one poem from China. Few people know that 140,000 Chinese were sent to the Western front to help out on the docks and behind the lines. A deal had been struck that - if the Allies won the war, the ports on the Chinese coast that were under German rule would be returned. At Versailles they were given to Japan. To compound the felony. the victorious allies re-deployed them - clearing the battlefields and building cemetries for the dead. Many were killed - because they had not been warned of the danger of live shells. In one shell casing a poem ...
The readings are listed in a Blog Rob Bell has been running for a while. This blog is all about journeys...
Go to: http://rihlajourney.wordpress.com/
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