Armistice Day

    ,                            Remembering Armistice Day
                                 The towers moat now swathed with red,
                                  Ceramic poppies made of clay.

                                  They count those fallen, it's display
                                   Gives tribute to the brave, now dead.
                                   Remembering Armistice Day,

                                   Nations once more, in silence pray.
                                   A truce if broken, shows instead
                                   Ceramic poppies made of clay.

                                   Two wars, too much a price to pay.
                                   Time to reflect, what lies ahead.
                                    Remembering Armistice Day,

                                    Those Flanders poppies blew away.
                                    Now ravens circle overhead,
                                    Ceramic poppies made of clay.

                                    Symbols of peace, will not decay,
                                    Unlike the Autumn leaves, now shed.
                                    Remembering Armistice Day,
                                    Ceramic poppies made of clay.   


                                   .    2/ 20/ 2015.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 12/19/2015 7:01:00 PM
GEORGE:) Congratulations on having your poem featured on the soups Home Page. I'm also sending an early Christmas Message with Hugs. May you have a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year.. Good luck in all you do, just in case I don't stop a second time before the 2015 ends ~SKAT LOVE~
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Date: 10/19/2015 11:47:00 PM
Hi George, Congratulations on your sweet win. ~SKAT~
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Date: 10/17/2015 1:10:00 AM
Congrats on ur awesome winning write george!
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Date: 10/16/2015 9:04:00 PM
George, Congratulations on your win, thank you for supporting my contest. Stop by my latest blog "I'm not a terrorist" if you would like or have time. Always & Forever LINDA
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Date: 2/20/2015 5:01:00 PM
Very good! You might like my pieces Colours, Columns And Ranks, and The Fog Of War.
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Date: 2/20/2015 5:21:00 PM
Thanks Mark. Seem like i have a lot of catching up to do. As i am from a standing start tonight (uk.) I promise i will at the first opportunity read your poems.Truly. GBS
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