53622: Digging

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posted on 2024-04-25, 17:29 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

<p dir="ltr">Typescript. This was the first poem written after Edward Thomas' enlistment. Constructed at the home of his parents in Balham while off-duty with a strained tendon.</p>

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2229.jpg | ETCAR_55_86.jpg

Subject

Commemoration | Trench | Western Front

Creator

Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)

Date

4th April 1915

Date Created

04/04/1915

Spatial

Balham, London, England

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Typescript

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

Cardiff University Library Archive / The Edward Thomas Literary Estate

Collection ID

The Edward Thomas Collection: 55

Repository Name

Cardiff University Library Archive

Repository Address

Information Services, Cardiff University, P.O. Box 430, Cardiff, CF24 0DE, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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Keywords

First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Poems Commemoration Trench Western Front

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0