In today’s class I mentioned a poem that reminded me of the idea of ‘doing it for your county’ and not, ’doing it for your country’. The poem was one I remembered really enjoying but had unfortunately forgotten the name of; thank you professor Scanlon for reminding me! But I wanted to share the poem for anyone who was interested or if anyone just enjoys poetry in general like myself.

Although there are very different circumstances between the two soldiers, one from England fighting for Britain and the other from Ireland fighting for Britain, they share the same love for their close knit communities over the whole of Britain or Ireland. We have sort of seen the opposite of this love for home this semester with Paul etc. but I just enjoy this poem from an Irishman’s perspective as an Irishman myself.

~ Reece Anderson