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Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday,
We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning,
We shall have what to do after firing. But today,
Today we have naming of parts.

(Henry Reed (1914-1986), British poet. Naming of Parts (l. 1-4). . . Oxford Book of War Poetry, The. Jon Stallworthy, ed. (1984) Oxford University Press.)
We can slide it
Rapidly backwards and forwards: we call this
Easing the spring. And rapidly backwards and forwards
The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers:
They call it easing the Spring.

(Henry Reed (1914-1986), British poet. Naming of Parts (l. 20-24). . . Oxford Book of War Poetry, The. Jon Stallworthy, ed. (1984) Oxford University Press.)
And at least you know

That maps are of time, not place, so far as the army
Happens to be concerned?the reason being,
Is one which need not delay us.

(Henry Reed (1914-1986), British poet. Judging Distances (l. 6-9). . . Oxford Book of War Poetry, The. Jon Stallworthy, ed. (1984) Oxford University Press.)
And the frigid burnings of purgatory will not be touched
By any emollient.

(Henry Reed (1914-1986), British poet. Chard Whitlow (l. 13-14). . . Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse, The. Philip Larkin, ed. (1973) Oxford University Press.)
And pray for me also under the draughty stair.
As we get older we do not get any younger.

And pray for Kharma under the holy mountain.

(Henry Reed (1914-1986), British poet. Chard Whitlow (l. 22-24). . . Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse, The. Philip Larkin, ed. (1973) Oxford University Press.)