War Poetry: Randall Jarrell

Robert Graves, who first made his name as a war poet, gradually eliminated all the WW I poems from his Collected Poems. "Remembering War" lasted long enough for Jarrell to mention this in a review in the 1950s. But by 1965 it was gone. I'm not sure how many write well of their own wars.

One of my professors, who has been a B-17 pilot, did mention once the last lines of "Eighth Air Force":

  Men wash their hands in blood as best they can,
  I find no fault with this just man.

I was recently thinking about poetry, and how, no matter the human circumstance the desire to produce it remains. There is no "get real" scenario like, starvation, disease, war etc. where we lose this. I find comfort in this.

this was interesting, war poems in times of war. It must be dreadful.

But on another page - the text is embedded in what seems to be a seo op, the war of index position, clicks and which of the best 15 Sonoma Wineries you should visit in 2022 - I wonder what the poetry is on that.

I guess the original text is at https://spotterup.com/war-poetry-randall-jarrell/