The Life that I have - wikipedia The Life that I have This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2016 ) The Life That I Have ( sometimes referred to as Yours ) is a short poem written by Leo Marks and used as a poem code in the Second World War. In the war, famous poems were used to encrypt messages. This was, however, found to be insecure because enemy cryptanalysts were able to locate the original from published sources. Marks countered this by using his own written creations. The Life That I Have was an original poem composed on Christmas Eve 1943 and was originally written by Marks in memory of his girlfriend Ruth, who had just died in a plane crash in Canada. On 24 March 1944, the poem was issued by Marks to Violette Szabo, a French agent of Special Operations Executive who was eventually captured, tortured and killed by the Nazis. It was made famous by its inclusion in the 1958 movie about Szabo, Carve Her Name with Pride, where the poem was said to be the creation of Violette 's husband Etienne. ( Marks allowed it to be used under the condition that its author not be identified. ) The text of the poem : The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have Is yours. The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause. For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours. Bibliography Leo Marks ( 1998 ). Between Silk and Cyanide. London : HarperCollins. ISBN 0 - 00 - 255944 - 7. Marks relates his briefing of Violette Szabo prior to her first mission, and his giving the poem to her in Chapter 65 of this book. Leo Marks ( 1999 ). The Life That I Have. illus. by Elena Gaussen Marks. London : Souvenir. ISBN 0 - 285 - 63532 - 8. A small 34 page book with the text of the poem, illustrated by his wife. References ^ Jump up to : Marks, Leo ( 1998 ). Between Silk and Cyanide. New York : The Free Press ( Simon and Schuster ). p. 454. ISBN 0 - 684 - 86422 - 3. External links Carve Her Name with Pride on IMDb Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Life_That_I_Have&oldid=735688162 '' Categories : English poems 1943 poems World War II poems Special Operations Executive Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from August 2016 All articles needing additional references Talk About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 22 August 2016, at 12 : 32. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the poem the life that i have
Answer: Leo Marks