“Our loss was light,” the paper said,
“Compared with damage to the Hun”:
She was a widow, and she read
One name upon the list of dead
–Her son —her only son.
(John Le Gay Brereton)
More Poetry from John Le Gay Brereton:
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- The Domain (John Le Gay Brereton Poems)
- Middle Harbour (John Le Gay Brereton Poems)
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