EPISODE · Aug 26, 2020 · 1 MIN
A VIRGIN DEATH
from Poetry · host Steven Richardson
A poem about lord Kitchener's sabre rattling speeches/sermons,his soldiers were dying at the rate of 6000 a day aged between 16-18, he had printed into their war guide books that they must avoid wine and women meaning prostitutes, with a life expectancy of 17 Hours catching a little pox would have been the least of their worries. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
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