Picspam of Rupert Brooke


I haven’t done a lot of research on Rupert Brooke (1887-1915); he’s not my favorite World War One poet by a longshot, and though he died in Greece while in the army (on the way to Gallipoli), he never saw combat. William Butler Yeats once described him as “the handsomest young man in England,” though, and I do agree he was very, very pretty.


The Rupert Brooke Society.

About Victoria Janssen

Victoria Janssen [she, her] currently writes cozy space opera for Kalikoi. The novella series A Place of Refuge begins with Finding Refuge: Telepathic warrior Talia Avi, genius engineer Miki Boudreaux, and augmented soldier Faigin Balfour fought the fascist Federated Colonies for ten years, following the charismatic dissenter Jon Churchill. Then Jon disappeared, Talia was thought dead, and Miki and Faigin struggled to take Jon’s place and stay alive. When the FC is unexpectedly upended, Talia is reunited with her friends and they are given sanctuary on the enigmatic planet Refuge. The trio of former guerillas strive to recover from lifetimes of trauma, build new lives on a planet with endless horizons, and forge tender new connections with each other.
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5 Responses to Picspam of Rupert Brooke

  1. Darla M Sands says:

    Nice collection! I need to orgnaize my wall of bookshelves and find my poetry. Thanks for the prod!

  2. Victoria Janssen says:

    I confess, I was not much thinking of his poetry as I out these photos together….

  3. gwynnega says:

    I never knew he never saw combat!!

    (He was one good-looking poet, though!)

  4. Victoria Janssen says:

    Might have made a pretty vampire…this story idea is free of charge….

  5. gwynnega says:

    That is a GOOD story idea!

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