Seeger, Alan (1888-1916), an American poet, wrote one of the most memorable poems of World War I (1914-1918), “I Have a Rendezvous with Death.” Seeger joined the French Foreign Legion at the beginning of the war. A feeling that he was going to die inspired him to write “I Have a Rendezvous with Death.” Later, he was wounded, and he died on the battlefield on July 4, 1916. Seeger’s Collected Poems was published in 1916. He was born on June 22, 1888, in New York City.
