Poetry of the Second World War Anna Crowe you'll still be secretly sick

you'll still be secretly sick with jealousy

‘The poet and novelist Forrest Gander

" contemporary and ancient influences support his luminous poems

Her poems are wide awake' Mark Doty

Poetry of the Second World War Anna Crowe you'll still be secretly sickThe Second World War is now recognized as a watershed for British poetry. The changes that arose were masked for some time by the enormous power and shock of the conflict itself, and by the restrictions on poetry publishing consequent on paper rationing and the general business of wartime. This anthology seeks to showcase not only the harrowingly beautiful poetry born from the conflict, but also the radical changes to style and form that came from the