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Interview with Harold Yeoman
Harold Yeoman volunteered for the RAF hoping to become an air gunner and was surprised to find he would be trained as a pilot. He describes a crash landing in a Wellington, returning from an operation to Cherbourg, and being sent to Essen twice…
For C.R.W
Dedicated to C.R.W, killed March 7 1944 in an aircraft accident. Contrasts the pain of death with the serenity of afterlife.
Air raid
Two verse poem about bombing.
Poem
Reminisces the moment when his frightened heart was awakened by love, comparing that to the first breath of Heaven.
This is our night
Contrasts hopelessness, loneliest and death with the joy of love.
Poem at morning
Two verse poem about morning arriving at Uxbridge.
Armourer
Poem about armourer loading bombs but would not be there when they were dropped.
Fugue - winter
Poem on winter and the effect it has on the people on the base.
Sonnet - to a dead poet
Poem about a friend who died too soon.
Silent song
Three verse poem about song lying asleep in him but love would fire it.
Sonnet
Poem about death and afterlife.
The fullness of living
Sub titled (a prayer before action). Four verse poem about flying and death close at hand and how beautiful was life.
In fever
Three verse poem on love conquering fever.
Chess
Poem about playing chess.
The fens
Poem about loss and remembrance and a quiet stillness.
Poem of quietness I
Two verse poem about the countryside in Westmorland and walking.
Sussex
Two verse poem about Sussex and love.
From Telok Pisang
Three verse poem. Malayan landscapes spur a reflection on human condition.
I drift within
Three verse poem about death, despair.
From a darkness
Three verse poem about dark thoughts, despair and love.
For Alan
Three verse poem with a tribute to a friend.
If I should ever die
The author expresses his desire to live and his fearlessness of death. Rather than requesting a traditional burial, he asks for his ashes to be scattered on the wild hills he loves, avoiding rituals that would depressed those left behind.
Hauntings
A verse about the feeling of being haunted of an airman by his colleagues, who have passed and the feeling that they may resent him being alive.
Thought
Two verse poem about thoughts.
Transmutation
Poem about thinking of a loved one at the end of the day.