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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.

 

This is why I wear the poppy - not to support any government or any war, but out of gratitude and respect.

FM
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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.

This is why I wear the poppy - not to support any government or any war, but out of gratitude and respect.
Lovely Suzi That says it all
The Devil In Diamante
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Suzi, that says it all..thankyou.
I can never read it through without sobbing.  The same when I watch the REmemberance services on telly.  And I'm not even British!  My husband can't seem to grasp that I don't have to be British to feel gratitude and respect for the men who have fought and fallen, because it's a world wide emotion. In every conflict, people on both sides have lost loved ones, whether they fought on the "right" side.  It's just such a waste of life.
FM
Along with the poem that Suzi has quoted, this is the one that always breaks my heart on Remembrance Sunday.

For The Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, 
England mourns for her dead across the sea. 
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, 
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal 
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, 
There is music in the midst of desolation 
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young, 
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. 
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; 
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: 
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. 
At the going down of the sun and in the morning 
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; 
They sit no more at familiar tables of home; 
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; 
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound, 
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, 
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known 
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, 
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; 
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, 

To the end, to the end, they remain.
β™₯PinkBabe1966β™₯The Angel under the tree!
Same here Suzi.  The poem you quoted and the one I quoted are still so relevant today, that's why they still strike a chord with people.

The Staffs Regiment paraded through West Bromwich last year and I stood proudly applauding them, next to an old soldier who was very discreetly crying as he watched them, I wondered then and I wonder now, what memories he had come back to make him cry like that.
β™₯PinkBabe1966β™₯The Angel under the tree!
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They are normally available from sellers in the city centre. I got mine from a seller in Rathmines. Because of the many Irish people who went to England to join the troops, that is the reason why they are available in the ROI.
Hi Annoca, thanks for the reply, I'm from Rathgar, which some would consider one of the bastions of former Anglo Irish dwellers and haven't seen them on sale in Rathmines or anywhere else. Must look out for them.
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