First, thank you for posting that ... his verse rings like that of Kipling. I had not previously heard of him. Through the magic of Project Gutenberg I found many of his works. I’ll be loading some of that on my Kindle.
Secondly, the work is apparently titled (appropriately) “The Bayonet”. It speaks a timeless truth.
Finally ... is your namesake a cockroach?
First, thank you for posting that ... his verse rings like that of Kipling. I had not previously heard of him. Through the magic of Project Gutenberg I found many of his works. I’ll be loading some of that on my Kindle. He was from Walnut, Illinois, not too far from my own digs where among other pasttimes I've been a scribbler and picture-taker for a couple of now-defunct newspapers, including the now long-gone Chicago Daily News.
Secondly, the work is apparently titled (appropriately) “The Bayonet”. It speaks a timeless truth.
He also has a pretty good one about submarines and those who cruise about in them as well. And other things. He is certainly in good company with the British poets of the WWI-WWII *between the wars* period, which they hoped was the *last Great War.* Innocent lads.
Finally ... is your namesake a cockroach?
i was once a vers libre bard but i died and my soul went into the body of a cockroach it has given me a new outlook on life i see things from the under side now
