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Tag: Signalman G Harker

Desert Warfare

By admin Posted on July 11, 2014 Posted in No Comments Tagged with Desert Warfare, Eighth Army, North African Campaign, Signalman G Harker, War poetry, Western Desert Campaign, World War II poetry

A universe of space, infinite sands, Unbroken line to mark off cloudless blue. A shimmering heat that plucks the very life Of withered thorns which strive and stretch out shoots Groping in vain to take a hold on life. The …

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