Dogs in WWI

By: Brooke Cohn

Dogs were mainly used as messengers:

In Trenches:

Famous War Dogs:

Rin Tin TinStubby

Dogs in War Today:

Bomb

The sky closes it’s arms in a tight embraceThe birds ceased to sing a long time agoYour merciless hammers strike the anvil

Air sucked out of screaming lungs evaporatesBabies crawl lost, mothers weep bitter tears

The blood stained theatre of tragedy –The choirs of pain sing in harmony

Reverberating through the skulls of the guilty fewEven the crickets refuse to chirp –Their heads bow in solemn thought

The air thick with the stench of torn earth and broken fleshThe nightmare has only just begun for them

This disease lingers for all to taste.

By: Adrian Salmon

Works Cited

• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/dogs_in_world_war_one.htm

• http://www.qmfound.com/K-9.htm

• http://www.olive-drab.com/od_wardogs_famous.php