'Verses of a V.A.D' is a collection of poems written by Vera Brittain. She was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist, and pacifist. The poems featured are based on Brittain's experience serving as a nurse in World War I, and include the following titles: 'To A Fallen Idol', 'The Only Son', 'Looking Westward', 'May Morning', 'The Two Travellers'.