Disabled - Wilfred Owen - Kenneth Branagh

[ChiliPeppz]

Studying Wilfred Owen's poems in classroom isn't the same... you can't sense the poignancy, and because we study about 15, over time I felt that I became slightly desensitised after hearing the over-bearing drone of my uninterested teacher's voice, day after day... However, this truly moved me. So beautifully recited.

[MightyBrainChild]

well read. owen is as moving as always.

[jubjub2112]

My God

[orchardcottage]

Thank you for posting this poem.

Branagh expresses it mightily.

[Kokitsune]

Something about the way Kenneth says "his back with never brace" sends shivers down my spine.

<3 Kenneth Branagh

<3 Wilfred Owen

[Kokitsune]

Oops, I meant "will", not "with".

[falstaffswims]

The first poem to really smack me across the face, when I was about 12. I'm still recoiling from it. Beautiful... atrocious, but beautiful. God-awful, just like Owen wants us to feel. I had no idea Kenneth Branagh was okay--he's cool in my books now!

[scifiwritir]

YAY!!!!! Thank you, thank you!!! I sooo love this poem. -C

[mom63423]

I think the picture was taken in Italy...

[artj22850]

Beautiful recited. I love this poem - so poignant and so powerful. This poem went straight to my heart; I felt the young man's bitterness and sadness and dispair.

Ken played Roosevelt with his useless polio legs in "Warm Springs." I think this aided him in truly feeling this poem's pathos.

Thanks for digging this up, Tetiousoldfools. Great stuff you come up with.

[avsfanbuck69]

Wilfred Owen nails the atrocities of War right on the head and Mr. Branagh knows how to express it perfectly.

[mom63423]

Powerful, powerful indeed! That video knocks me down...

[ilovemuchado]

As always, beautifully read by Ken, and as always, beautifully presented by you, TOF!