PRIVATE DENIS SMITH

TRUE STORY A WOMAN WHO WOULDN'T LET HER SEX DEFEAT HER

PRIVATE DENIS SMITH

BINDING HER CHEST TIGHTLY ,UNTIL HER BREASTS WERE SORE

COVERING UP HER ASSETS ,TO WRITE OF A BLOODY WAR

HAIR SHAVED IN THE MILITARY STYLE, DISGUISED BY ARMY UNIFORM

A WOMAN WHO POSED AS A MAN AND CREATED A MIGHTY STORM

SHE WAS A SKILLED REPORTER & WANTED TO WRITE FROM THE BATTLE FIELD

BUT WOMEN WERE FORBIDDEN, SO AS A MAN SHE WAS CONCEALED

SHE WAS AIDED BY TWO SOLDIERS, MEN WHO BELIEVED IN HER RIGHT

SHE WAS GIVEN A FORGED IDENTITY, AND WENT TO THE FRONT TO FIGHT

SHE LAYED MINES AS A SAPPER AND RISKED HER LIFE EVERY DAY

BUT HER HEALTH BEGAN TO WEAKEN & SHE KNEW SHE COULDN'T STAY

SHE PRESENTED HERSELF TO HER SERGEANT & WAS ARRESTED AS A SPY

SHE WAS INTERROGATED AND IMPRISONED BECAUSE SHE TOLD A LIE

THE ARMY WERE EMBARRASSED, HOW COULD A WOMAN HAVE GOT THROUGH

THEY NEEDED TO KEEP THIS SECRET, FOR WHAT ELSE COULD THEY DO?

THEY MADE HER SWEAR TO KEEP QUIET, TO NEVER WRITE OF THIS TIME

AND IF SHE REFUSED THEM, SHE WOULD BE IMPRISONED HER CRIME

DOROTHY LAWRENCE RETURNED TO LONDON, UNABLE TO TELL A SOUL

SHE WAS FORCED AGAIN TO LIVE A LIE , WHICH EVENTUALLY TOOK ITS TOLL

SHE SCRIBBLED IN JOURNALS, SHE WROTE OF WHAT SHE DID, WHAT SHE SAW

HER WORDS WERE LATER DISCOVERED AT THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

CENSORED BY THE WAR OFFICE, HER STORY LAY HIDDEN FOR MANY A YEAR

BUT UPON DISCOVERY BY AN HISTORIAN, IT WAS PUBLISHED WITHOUT FEAR

BORN IN WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND IN 1886, AND DEAD BY THE YEAR 1964

A WOMAN'S STORY OF LIFE AT THE FRONT, IN THE BLOODY FIRST WORLD WAR

Reviews

[Woody]

interesting story. I'd never heard of her either. I have a great admiration for women like her.
you told it nicely. good one.

[Sakib]

I learned something. Thank you. I liked the rhyming scheme too. I enjoyed it. Great write. :)

[Teri B]

I've never heard of Dorothy Lawrence. Thanks for the lesson! :)

[J Todd Underhill]

Nice one again I admit I had not heard of this story before and I like the premise of it, it was around those times that womens rights we beginning to gain traction and I am glad that Men who knew that she could handle it helped her out!