Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries

Poetry

DAVID JONES Poet, Painter, Soldier (1895 to 1974) – 130th anniversary of his birth

Oct 22, 2025

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Patrick Napier

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in Commemoration, First World War, Poetry, War Poet

Find out about the Brockley-born artist, WWI soldier and writer whose poem ‘In Parenthesis’ was called a work of genius by T S Eliot There are 2 events happening on Saturday 1st November 2025: FREE Afternoon Walk 1.30 to 2.30pm, from 67 Arabin Road, SE4 via the family house in Howson Road to the Chapel…
Borders in the Literary and Visual Arts of David Jones

Sep 14, 2012

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FoBLC

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in _Missing Images, David Jones, missing images, Poetry, War Poet

The modernist poet David Jones, whose work was greatly admired by T.S. Eliot and W.S. Auden, and who lies buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries is to be featured in a seminar by The David Jones Society in the Dissenter’s Chapel on Saturday 22nd September. You can read Mike Guilfoyle’s account of his life here and…