Constance La France Poet Haibun

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An Offering of Poppies

On Remembrance Day . . .  I lay poppies at his grave, a lonely grave among
many, the military grave of my brother. He had been a beautiful baby and
sweet little boy, oh, where did the years go-  soon he was a young man; and
telling us he wanted to be a peacekeeper for Canada, and with a smile he left
on a mission to a far away distant land and a distant war. We watched scenes
of bombing and fighting and terrorists, father would say "don't worry he's a
peacekeeper." As time rolled on we accepted that was his dream, but anyone
who says peacekeepers don't die is wrong. I will never ever forget the day he
came home to us, in a box- a hero who only had peace for the world; and I will
forever be doing- an offering of poppies for this brave young man . . . 

rows of white head stones
  where poppies sway in the breeze-
                    miles of the brave dead

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April 25, 2019


Poetry/Haibun/An Offering of Poppies
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Written for the contest Pick a Title, Vol. 4
sponsor, Edward Ibeh, Title Chosen #1, An Offering Of Poppies

Second Place

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Edward Ibeh May 24, 2019 at 4:54 PM A moving tribute to your heroic brother, Constance:-). Fabulous write! Congratulations on your win in my contest! Constance La France May 24, 2019 at 5:30 PM Edward, thank you so much for the contest and title that allowed me to express my sadness in a poem. Sadly, as you can see it got no comments until yours. I think that's because I often write at night and my poems just never get seen on the poem list. But hopefully now, it will get some comments, hope so anyways !