Piper Of The Trenches Poem by Colin Ian Jeffery
Piper Of The Trenches
Rating: ★5.0
Out of the trench he goes
Regiment's piper alone
Playing bagpipes
Walking along the top of the trench.
Soldiers hear swirl of pipes
See piper facing enemy fire
Swarm up from the trench
Following him into no-man's land.
Over shell craters through barbwire
German machine guns rake the lines
On they go to swirl of pipes
Many falling never to rise again.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: courage,heroic,soldiers,war
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Sound of the swirl of bagpipes boosted the morale for men of Scottish regiments, intimidating the enemy during World War One. Unarmed, the piper led the men ‘over the top' into battle. Over 1000 pipers died.
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4/23/2024 5:56:01 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Very good and appropriate for the 100th anniversary of the Great War