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Timmy's Journal - 13. For This Remembrance Day

A new poem for Remembrance Day, Wednesday November 11, 2015

Remember


You joined up to serve your country,
never expecting that you’d die.
You fought bravely with your fellows
while at home your mother cried.
Now is the time of remembrance
of crosses white and poppies, red.
And grateful for your sacrifice, we
stand in thanks, our tears we shed.
We listen to the lone trumpet blow
for you, the men we’ll never know.

Lest We Forget
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On 11/09/2015 01:49 PM, Drew Espinosa said:

In many countries around the world, it is Remembrance Day, here in the US it is Veterans Day, and in others it goes by even more names besides.

However, they are each one and the same. November 11, is a time to remember and honor our veterans, both past and present. So Tim, thank you so much for capturing this day so beautifully :hug:

Thank you Drew. I really wanted to say something and I only really know about In Flanders Field, guaranteed tears if I hear that. I appreciate your comments and all your support.

 

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On 11/09/2015 01:58 PM, Parker Owens said:

This is a beautiful verse. You capture the need to remember those who served and what they died for. I will keep this one for Rememberance day

Thank you Parker. I was watching the Services from England on Sunday and I wanted to say something about what these men did. I've also seen docs on tv about id'g bodies and it really touched me. One man had a leather heart with a lock of hair in his pocket. It really got to me, he was in an unmarked mass grave in France, in WW1. We forget they were men, like you and me and more often kids.

 

Thank you so much.

 

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To my mind, this has some of the same tenderness as the WW1 poets, most of whom where Gay, like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. That's pretty amazing, and really touches the heart through something like immediacy – as if you had lived through the events and suffered the loss directly. That feature makes this poem a wonderfully rewarding experience.

 

Thank you for posting it. You are a very fine poet, Tim!

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On 11/15/2015 07:30 AM, AC Benus said:

To my mind, this has some of the same tenderness as the WW1 poets, most of whom where Gay, like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. That's pretty amazing, and really touches the heart through something like immediacy – as if you had lived through the events and suffered the loss directly. That feature makes this poem a wonderfully rewarding experience.

 

Thank you for posting it. You are a very fine poet, Tim!

Thank you AC. Your thoughtful comment means a lot to me. I think I'll find some poems by the poets you mention thank you for sharing their names, AC. And thank you for your on-going support, I can never thank you enough.

 

tim

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