And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Wilfred Owen's most famous piece “Dulce et decorum est” was originally drafted in October 1917 while he lay recovering from shellshock at Craiglockhart ...

This Saturday, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, the nation will pause to observe Veterans Day. Because PennLive/The Patriot-News will not publish a print edition on Saturday, we'll ...

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men ...

Every year, on Veterans Day, PennLive Opinion republishes one of the most powerful poems ever written about World War I: ‘Dulce et Decorum Est,’ by the English trench poet, Wilfred Owen. After ...

A hundred years ago yesterday, Germany invaded Belgium and, in the famous words attributed to Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, the lamps went out all over Europe. In a sense, the lights ...

There's been a run on the poetry of the Great War lately. American soldiers aboard troop ships in the Arabian Sea are reading, so it has been reported, Wilfred Owen's grim ode to gas warfare, Dulce et ...

A reading of Wilfred Owen's poem, offered as a grandfather's flashback. A reading of Wilfred Owen's poem. The poem is offered as a grandfather's flashback, triggered by a radio broadcast of military ...

Cane. Short haircut. Young. Here in a community college, that means “Veteran. Wounded.” I always introduce myself to see what help they need at school. Or perhaps what help I need, because I am so ...