This Thing of Memory by David Hynes
Published by GWL Publishing
Reviewed by Denis Joe November 2014
It was inevitable that there would be a relative abundance of poetry published in this, the centenary of the start of the First World War.
“What on earth was this centenary meant to evoke? Anything? Should it mean anything to us?'
“Well, not if we keep thinking the Great War is too exalted to analyse or too entrenched in pathos and tragedy to begin to question its legacy. So, I began to conduct my own investigations into the Great War, to see what personal relevance this conflict still had over me.
“And, lo and behold, I discovered the Great War was entirely relevant- and not just to me, but to all of us.”
David Hynes