PoetsWar poetry was composed by poets of all nationalities, but it is mainly from the English side of the Western Front that many of the most established war poets came to be recognised. With that said, one of the most remembered poems was composed by a Canadian poet, John McCrae, with his "In Flander's Fields".
Below are a number of poets along with biographies and a number of their poems, including an audio version of Anthem for Doomed Youth, by Wilfred Owen. |  |
| |  | Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD (1872 – 1918) | | Biography, poems (includes hand-written copy of Flanders Fields), photo and essay. | |
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| Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (1893 – 1918) |  | | Biography and poems, including audio version of Anthem for Doomed Youth. | |
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|  | Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917) | | Biography and poems. | |
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| Sir Herbert Edward Read, MC, DSO (1893–1968) |  | | Biography. | |
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|  | Isaac Rosenberg (1890 - 1918) | | Biography and poems. | |
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| William Noel Hodgson MC (1893- 1916), Pen Name: Edward Melbourne |  | | Biography and poems. | |
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|  | Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (1886 – 1967) | | Biography and poems. | |
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| Rupert Chawner Brooke (1887 – 1915) |  | | Biography and poems. | |
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|  | Alan Seeger (1888 – 1916) | | Biography and poems. | |
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| Captain Charles Hamilton Sorley (1895 – 1915) |  | | Biography and poems. | |
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