Scars Upon My Heart

Scars Upon My Heart is a 1981 poetry anthology collected by Catherine Reilly that focuses on poetry written by women during the First World War,[1] often from wives and girlfriends who had loved ones serving in Europe, as well as including poems from those who had lost loved ones. Many of the poets were little-known before their publication in Scars Upon My Heart. The title of the anthology is taken from a Vera Brittain poem called "To My Brother" in which she states: "Your battle wounds are scars upon my heart".

The anthology included works by writers with established reputations, such as Edith Sitwell, May Wedderburn Cannan, Margaret Postgate Cole, Sara Teasdale, and Katharine Tynan. However, the volume also reintroduced to modern readers writers whose poetry was topical and occasional, such as Jessie Pope, Sybil Bristowe and Pauline B. Barrington. Three poems by Vera Brittain are included.[2]

References

Quinn, Patrick J.; Steven Trout, eds. (2001). The Literature of the Great War Reconsidered: Beyond Modern Memory. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 68. ISBN 9780230599895.
Catherine W. Reilly, ed. Scars Upon My Heart: Women's Poetry and Verse of the First World War. London: Virago, 1981.

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[1] Quinn, Patrick J.; Steven Trout, eds. (2001). The Literature of the Great War Reconsidered: Beyond Modern Memory. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 68. ISBN 9780230599895.

[2] Catherine W. Reilly, ed. Scars Upon My Heart: Women's Poetry and Verse of the First World War. London: Virago, 1981.