Three Poem of Isaac Rosenberg Read

Self-Portrait in Steel Helmet (1916)
Isaac Rosenberg, 1890–1918

Isaac Rosenberg was an English poet and artist born to parents of Jewish heritage, who had immigrated from Lithuania. His Poems from the Trenches (printed posthumously in 1922)  are recognized as some of the most outstanding poetry written during the First World War.

In 1915, lacking any job prospects and with the war in Germany heating up, Rosenberg decided to enlist in the Bantam Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment. He was sent to the Western Front in 1916, and would never rise above the rank of private. On 1 April 1 1918, while on night patrol south of Arras, Rosenberg was killed in battle. His body was never found. 

Break of Day in the Trenches 

The Immortals

Returning, We Hear the Larks