First World War Poetry Digital Archive

The Troop Ship

THE TROOP SHIP by ISAAC ROSENBERG

Grotesque and queerly huddled Contortionists to twist The sleepy soul to a sleep, We lie all sorts of ways And cannot sleep. The wet wind is so cold, And the lurching men so careless, That, should you drop to a doze, Wind's fumble or men's feet Is on your face.

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