Tag Archives: And You!
Kim Beattie’s ‘Slink, the Rat’…
Slink, the Rat: A Nursery Rhyme for War Babies by Kim Beattie. The Star Weekly (Toronto), December 12th, 1925. Click for much larger resolution (and then click again). Kim Beattie’s archive is housed in the 48th Highlanders’ Museum in Toronto; … Continue reading
Bomb-Proofers from Kim Beattie’s ‘And You!’
Given my previous post about Canon Frederick George Scott, & The Great Was As I Saw It, I thought today an ideal time to post one of my favourite of Kim Beattie’s poems from And You! It’s called Bomb-Proofers, with … Continue reading
After Vimy from Kim Beattie’s “And You!”
After Vimy In flashes melt my dull-day comforts; I drift a-dream down flaming ways; I see the loom of nature’s ramparts In Vimy’s red-embroidered haze! At Neuville Ste. Vaaste (reliefs there mustered) Are files of men, dim, … Continue reading
The First Gas from Kim Beattie’s “And You!”
The First Gas Before St. Julien, the Canadian soldier carried on the war with his enemy without bitterness, simply beliveing that a job must be done. We’re back of a copse an’ we’ve dug a hole For six of … Continue reading
Kim Beattie’s “And You!” (1929) Canadian 1st Edition Dust Jacket….
After looking for a copy for some time, I finally tracked down a copy of Kim Beattie’s “And You!” sans dust jacket this past summer; since then I’ve been trawling online every couple of days for a jacketed copy. As … Continue reading
Star Shells from Kim Beattie’s And You!
Star Shells The star shells, like the souls of men, Are gleaming through the gloom, A lovely radiance shudd’ring up Above a foul, grim tomb, To hang in brooding brightness till The fall brings black of … Continue reading
A Carrying Party from Kim Beattie’s And You!
A Carrying Party It’s damn the wet Frog-weather; it’s damn the cold- foot guide, It’s damn the “Sub” in charge and damn the war; It’s stumble, fall, and blunder, and wish you were down … Continue reading
It’s “Quiet” ! from Kim Beattie’s And You!
It’s “Quiet” ! In a château as safe as a cellar in Galt And twice as bomb-proof as St. Louis, The Brass Hats arise for the war about nine, And pray that the day will stay peaceful and … Continue reading
Kim Beattie…
I’ll be posting more about Kim Beattie in the coming days, but I enjoyed this one so much I wanted to get it out tonight. “Damn-damn!” Says the Infantree! When the rations ain’t at the rendezvous ‘Cause the quarter-bloke can’t … Continue reading
