Wilfred Owen, a soldier-poet in Joncourt © Association Wilfred Owen France “What passing-bells for these who die as cattle...” This second plaque, in Portland stone, and the quotation that is engraved, are testimonies of recognition that set the...
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Wilfred Owen, a soldier-poet in Joncourt © Association Wilfred Owen France “What passing-bells for these who die as cattle...” This second plaque, in Portland stone, and the quotation that is engraved, are testimonies of recognition that set the commemoration in time and in the continuity of what has always been done in Joncourt as a commitment to memory. It is also a will to echo the voice and song of the poet-soldier Wilfred Owen, whose fate and that of his brothers in arms is forever linked to Joncourt. This voice and song express a protest against the destruction by war of all human values. This voice and song invite us to think and act together to build a future of peace. This voice and song place the human being in the center of the conflict and what is so excellently mentioned by the writer, translator of the poet, Xavier Hanotte, in the preface of his book of war poems and letters Wilfred Owen, Et chaque lent crépuscule: “ As time goes by, the work of Wilfred Owen loses some of
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