Barbara Have a look at THE S.S.R. COMES HOME (http://cap.estevan.sk.ca/ssr/documents/comehome.html) which seems to be closer to what you are looking for. This a poem about the return of the South Saskatchewan Regiment after WW2, written by Norman Mycock and is one of many for that regiment written during and after the war -scroll down to the Poetry section of http://cap.estevan.sk.ca/ssr/history.html Norman was descended from a Staffordshire branch of the MYCOCKs, his father and three uncles having emigrated to Canada in 1903. Ken Researching MYCOCK/ MICOCK any time, anywhere On 07/12/2006 07:06, Barbara Dennis wrote: > I am after a poem or song or similar for the men that returned home (either WW1 or 2) & how they adapted. > I tried googling war + poetry &poetry + remembrance - but so far I have only found things on the people who didn't come home. > I have a scroll made up for the men who died, but there are just as many family members who came home & to me need something to identify them with. > All I can say is thoughts like - how hard it was to leave behind what they saw / their mates / memories (good & / or bad) / readjusting to civie life / that even though they came home I am just as proud of them as those who didn't return. Thoughts like that. This can cover any of the forces - Navy, Merchant, Army, Airforce. > Does anyone have any favourite poems that may tie in with what I am after? Or any other ideas on trying to google to come up with a suggestion. > > Many thanks, > > Barbara Dennis > Auckland, NZ