War - Ww1 - Look Out For The Hun In The Sun Poem by Paul Warren

It was better than the mud and blood of the trenches
And there was time to act like gentlemen in their adventures
Calvary men made the best pilots in training
With the enthusiasm of their youth needed no explaining

The first rule to be hammered home in their tactics
Was watch for the 'Hun in the Sun' in war basics
And on the Western Front attack from the west
Which was the German direction as was for the best

Never fly too long in a straight line or in the same direction
As the Hun pilots would find you in their reflection
And get yourself a silky white scarf around your neck
To stop chafing when continually looking around by heck

If you can survive those first missions in the violent sky
When you have downed five planes as an ace you'd fly.

© Paul Warren Poetry