poppy field

The Village

"The Salvage Song" by Elsie Cawser

This poem by Elsie Cawser features in the book "Lest We Forget - Forgotten Voices from 1914 - 1945" by Max Arthur in association with the Imperial War Museum.

My saucepans have all been surrendered,
The teapot is gone from the hob.
The colander's leaving the cabbage
For a very much different job.
So now, when I hear on the wireless
Of Hurricanes showing their mettle,
I see, in a vision before me,
A Dornier chased by my kettle.