{"id":28,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-07-13 19:50:23","latitude":49.827685028016,"longitude":4.2118835449219,"title":"2026 - Time's To-Morrows","address":"","thumbnail":"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/abbe72ba999011c9df1079a1ceb8f1f1.jpg","creator":["James L. Smith"],"description":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the great hour of destiny they stand,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.<br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And mocked by hopeless longing to regain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And going to the office in the train.<\/span><br \/>- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/43169\/dreamers\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dreamers<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Siegfried Sassoon (1918)<\/span><\/i><br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1jxR01vCqUtyCj_1eCBJdWuAAVZ5gUXev\/view\">Read Sprigs and Kindling Volume 6 here<\/a>.<br \/><br \/><strong>Editor-In-Chief<\/strong><br \/>Amanda Mullins<br \/><br \/><strong>Layout Artists<\/strong><br \/>Alexander Thomas Guy Coursolle<br \/>Aaron Burkett<br \/>Ryan Yokle<br \/><br \/><strong>Chief Copy Editor<\/strong><br \/>Rebecca Hall<br \/><br \/><strong>Deputy Editor<\/strong><br \/>J. Carter<br \/><br \/><strong>Editing\/Layout<\/strong><br \/>Bjorn Ove Asperem , Darren Brockes,<br \/>Kim Dalton, Dorian T. Hawkins,<br \/>Robert Merkel, Gabriel Robinson,<br \/>Clint Smith<br \/><br \/><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong><br \/>Sprigs and Kindling is not affiliated<br \/>with Gauntlet Publishing or Jason<br \/>Cordova but is published with<br \/>permission.<br \/><br \/><strong>AI Statement<\/strong><br \/>Sprigs and Kindling is<br \/>against the use of<br \/>generative AI in creative<br \/>works.<br \/><br \/>If you think we have accidentally<br \/>included AI-generated content please<br \/>contact us at sprigsandkindling<br \/>@gmail.com.<br \/><br \/><strong>Image Credits<\/strong><br \/>Cover Page Illustration: Rapidpunches<br \/>Cover Masthead: Mike Martens<br \/>Unless noted otherwise, images are<br \/>provided under a no attribution<br \/>licence from vecteezy.com, free licence<br \/>from unsplash.com, and public<br \/>domain (creative commons.org.)","sponsor":"","subtitle":"Written for Candlelight by Gabriel Robinson","accessinfo":"","lede":"A mournful and poetic tale of wartime death and release","website":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sprigsandkindling.com\/\">Sprigs and Kindling Zine<\/a>","related_resources":[],"files":{"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/fullsize\/abbe72ba999011c9df1079a1ceb8f1f1.jpg":{"id":70,"mime-type":"image\/png","title":"Time&#039;s To-Morrows cover page","thumbnail":"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/abbe72ba999011c9df1079a1ceb8f1f1.jpg","description":"Unless noted otherwise, images are provided under a no attribution licence from vecteezy.com, free licence from unsplash.com, and public domain (creative commons.org.) | Alexander Thomas Guy Coursolle, Aaron Burkett, Ryan Yokley (layout artists)"},"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/fullsize\/dc71e5d1d844edede34d0fa319fda5f6.jpg":{"id":71,"mime-type":"image\/png","title":"Untitled","thumbnail":"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/dc71e5d1d844edede34d0fa319fda5f6.jpg"},"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/fullsize\/f85d4d7f5f85d1aa5f3dac2fa6e4dd8e.jpg":{"id":72,"mime-type":"image\/png","title":"Untitled","thumbnail":"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/f85d4d7f5f85d1aa5f3dac2fa6e4dd8e.jpg"}}}