History and verse, set to music.
"The One-Legged Man" — Siegfried Sassoon
@v2melody.bsky.social
@v2melody.bsky.socialHistory and verse, set to music.
"The One-Legged Man" — Siegfried Sassoon
@v2melody.bsky.socialGrief and memory, shaped into song.
"Song-Books of the War" — Siegfried Sassoon
@bleakchesneywold.bsky.socialTo commemorate Siegfried Sassoon's 80th birthday on 8th September 1966, the BBC Home Service broadcast a tribute programme presented by World War 2 serving poet Vernon Scannell. #Warpoetry, #SiegfriedSassoon, #VernonScannell
worldwar2poetry.blogspot.com/2016/12/sass...
@bleakchesneywold.bsky.socialOn 8th September 1886 Siegfried Sassoon was born. Here is Charles Dance reading Sassoon's poem 'Aftermath' ( Have you Forgotten Yet?) at the Thiepval Monument in 2016. #Worldwar1, #Warpoetry, #SiegfriedSassoon www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ks-...
@pastorr.bsky.socialEnglish war poet, writer, and soldier, Siegfried Sassoon wrote, "I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed." #SiegfriedSassoon #war
@pastorr.bsky.socialLet's read the Bible together in the next year. Today, our passages are Isaiah 1:1–2:22; 2 Corinthians 10:1-18; Psalm 52:1-9; and Proverbs 22:26-27. #2Corinthians #BibleinaYear #BibleReadings #Proverbs #Psalms #SiegfriedSassoon #Isaiah #TheMessage
@v2melody.bsky.socialBorn on this day: Siegfried Sassoon.
Born 8 September 1886 — would be 140 today
Musicalized poems on V2Melody:
https://v2melody.com/public_poet_poem_list.php?id=135
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social"In me the tiger sniffs the rose."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/siegfr...
✒️ #SiegfriedSassoon, English soldier, poet, and author, was #BOTD 8 September 1886. #Poetry #Literature
