{"id":1505,"date":"2014-07-11T14:37:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T14:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warpoets.org.uk\/splashpage\/?page_id=1505"},"modified":"2014-07-11T14:37:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T14:37:06","slug":"herbert-read","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warpoets.org.uk\/splashpage\/poets-and-poetry\/herbert-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbert Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born in Yorkshire and the son of a farmer, Herbert Read&#8217;s studies at the University of Leeds were interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. He served with the Yorkshire Regiment in France and Belgium and in 1918 was awarded both the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. Read wrote two volumes of poetry based upon his war experiences: <em>Songs of Chaos<\/em> (1915) and <em>Naked Warriors<\/em> (1919).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>\u00a0Herbert Read&#8217;s Poems:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/warpoets.org.uk\/splashpage\/blog\/poem\/kneeshaw-goes-to-war\/\">Kneeshaw Goes to War<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/warpoets.org.uk\/splashpage\/blog\/poem\/my-company\/\">My Company<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in Yorkshire and the son of a farmer, Herbert Read&#8217;s studies at the University of Leeds were interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. He served with the Yorkshire Regiment in France and Belgium and in 1918 was awarded both the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. Read wrote two volumes<a href=\"https:\/\/warpoets.org.uk\/splashpage\/blog\/poem\/my-company\/\" class=\"read-more\">&nbsp; Continue Reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1509,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"template-poet-bio.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/warpoets.org.uk\/splashpage\/poets-and-poetry\/herbert-read\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Herbert Read - SplashPage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Born in Yorkshire and the son of a farmer, Herbert Read&#8217;s studies at the University of Leeds were interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. 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