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Remembrance Day

© Allyso

In honour of Remembrance Day I have a poem instead of an article today. I hope you like it;

Ally.

FLOWERS FOR THE FALLEN

Roses for their lovers,

Roses for their wives

Roses red and yellow

To sweeten loving lives.

But who will wear the roses

When love and life are flown,

When lovers lie in foreign fields

Under foreign stone?

Pick -

Poppies for a soldier, dear

Will you buy a bloom?

The scarlet of these poppies

Won't be fading soon.

Forget-me-not is pretty

Like gentle summer skies

Pick a little posy

"Forget-me-not?" it sighs.

But who will not forget them

When memories are flown

When lovers lie in foreign fields

And hearts are turned to stone?

So -

Poppies for a soldier, dear

Will you buy a bloom?

The scarlet of these poppies

Won't be fading soon.

Pansies for a soldier's girl

The purple of heartsease

The glowing gentle faces

Swaying in the breeze

But who will pick the pansies

When the girls are left alone

When lovers lie in foreign fields

And hearts are turned to stone?

So -

Poppies for a soldier, dear

Will you buy a bloom?

The scarlet of these poppies

Won't be fading soon.

And take a blood-red poppy

And pin it to your breast

Remembering the fallen

And wish them gentle rest.

Flowers for the fallen

And those they left at home

Wear a blood-red poppy

Remembrance of our own.

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