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Tim Overland

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An ultracrepadrian from way back.
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I was reading some of Siegfried Sassoon's poetry the other day, and it resonated with me. I have two grandfathers and four grand uncles who served in the Western Front during WW1, one of whom died at Bullecourt in 1917.

Sassoon was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war with his "Soldier's Declaration" of July 1917, which resulted in his being sent to the Craiglockhart War Hospital.

One of his poems, Attack, particularly affected me.

At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun

In the wild purple of the glow'ring sun,

Smouldering through spouts of drifting smoke that shroud

The menacing scarred slope; and, one by one,

Tanks creep and topple forward to the wire.

The barrage roars and lifts. Then, clumsily bowed

With bombs and guns and shovels and battle-gear,

Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.

Lines of grey, muttering faces, masked with fear,

They leave their trenches, going over the top,

While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists,

And hope, with furtive eyes and grappling fists,

Flounders in mud. O Jesu, make it stop!

I drew this today as my poor take on the horrors of trench warfare. by @timo1959

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Today's effort #strugglingartist by @timo1959

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Today's creative moment. by @timo1959

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Hello, old friends! taken in Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia by @timo1959

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I'm not sure why you'd want an emergency. 🤔 by @timo1959

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Sunrise at LAX. Why? Our Seattle flight was seriously delayed, and we missed our connection to Sydney. So a very short night in LA, and now flying via Honolulu. No idea where our luggage might be. 🥵 #firstworldproblem #knackered taken in Alaska Airlines - Los Angeles Int'l Airport (LAX) by @timo1959

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Just the best seafood chowder! by @timo1959

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Horror genre display, some of which is truly disturbing! taken in Museum of Pop Culture by @timo1959

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Science fiction displaying real replicas from TV and movies. Beam me up, Scotty! taken in Museum of Pop Culture by @timo1959

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Fuck! by @timo1959

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Picture perfect last day of the cruise. taken in Victoria, British Columbia by @timo1959

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Just the best day at sea. Now in Canadian waters. by @timo1959

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