Hilversum, Kalundborg, Brno the loud world over,
Monday to Sunday, the idiot radio
Spits crabs on Mozart, dedicates to you
Its endless O be still insulting brew
The Thunderer in love with the queen of cows
Deserted Io by the waterside
Who hears by radio at eventide
These lousy cracklings from her hidden spouse
Like her – for such is War – Hearing the Voice
Men in their fond stupidity caress
Toulouse, PTY, Daventry, Bucharest
You can read the whole poem, published in Poetry in August 1943, on the Poetry Foundation website
