Poem for Anzac Day: ‘My World War I Poem’ by Bill Manhire
25 Apr 2024
Culture
Photo: Auckland War Memorial Museum
A poem from Bill Manhire’s 2017 book of verse Some Things to Place in a Coffin.
My World War I Poem
Inside each trench, the sound of prayer.
Inside each prayer, the sound of digging.
Image courtesy of Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Bill Manhire
Bill Manhire is the founder of the International Institute of Modern Letters writing programme at Victoria University of Wellington. His most recent books are Some Things to Place in a Coffin (VUP, 2017), Tell Me My Name (VUP, 2017; riddles set to music by Norman Meehan and sung by Hannah Griffin), and Wow (VUP, 2020). Bill was born in Invercargill in 1946.
