Poet

Margaret Postgate Cole

1893-1980

Dame Margaret Isabel Cole DBE was an English Socialist politician and writer. Her poem, The Falling Leaves is one of the first anti-war poems written by a woman and shows the influence of Latin poetry in its use of long and short syllables to create mimetic effects. During WWI, Cole’s brother Raymond was jailed for seeking exemption from military service as a social conscientious objector. Her brother’s actions caused Cole to consider pacifism, yet these views were later abandoned during the events of the Spanish Civil War.

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The Veteran read by Lisa Dwan
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The Veteran read by Kelly Reilly
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