Enfield in Love

He sits there smiling

But his bloodied teeth

Tell all who pass

That he was betrayed

By his first kiss

 

Lucy Brings a Lamp

I want to see your face Lucy

And know

That when my nightmares cease

Your love will cover me

 

The Hideous Church

Twenty years ago I might have worshipped

At the church that now burns in front of me

I would have sat with my French cousins

Blessed in white and looked forward

To our later walks in these fields

Where I now hide bloodied and fearing for my life

 

After this war ends the church will be rebuilt

And I might visit it again

With my French cousins

Dressed in white

But not for now

For today it burns and has no history

 

Oswald Berring (1886-1938)