damian entwistleMay 2, 2023

Today's poem:

Souda Bay
- by Poetsummer 49

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/716197100385402880/souda-bay?source=share

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Souda Bay

Poetsummer49 (from New Zealand) Marbled tears all set in stone, white with the heat of their dreams. The marbled tombstones of Souda Bay, all face the sea. They have no names, no voice, no tongu…

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damian entwistleMay 2, 2023

Here are the graves of the Commonwealth soldiers, sailors, and airmen who were killed during the hopelessly mismanaged Battle of Crete (May, 1941). All the graves look out to the sea...

Their German counterparts (who won, after a disastrous start) are buried a short distance away at Maleme, overlooking the airport, possession of which was crucial to the battle's outcome.

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