In Flanders Fields

loper
just looking for a little human contact along the way

In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

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prevert
2 years ago
Nice thought but really more fitting for Memorial Day.

But thanks.
ATACdawg
2 years ago
^Actually not. It was written by a WW1 vet about the Great War.

Growing up in Canada we celebrated Remembrance Day by memorizing this poem and we were all issued pin-on poppies.
groundball
2 years ago
nice
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