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A poem for remembrance Sunday

Blood-stained poppies

Blood-stained poppies mark the day that human
sacrifice did harden the skins of the less murderous mass
for such a brutal aghast affair, how the God all mighty
would formidable bear witness to grief beyond repair

Out into the fields, neither would yield-with bullets they
would tear but what would a stealthy, shrewd general care if many
died on duty which left a nation dumbfounded by the levity and 
gravity of a war that was deemed
to be of grandness, valiant soldiers of fallacious valour 
mercilessly gunned down and with
no gratification, them forsaken, while the gutless
general is less sanctimonious, pious in his approach for the
fighting did persist, until finally that last shot,
at last serenity in the calamitous storm, birdsong instead 
of less fanciful peaceful flight, that night the serendipitous surviving
soldier did sleep so tight, a nation did succumb to pitiful sorrow 
and pain-so the poppies do denote blood-stain and brutal,
grim, gutless gain
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Duncan Avatar
February 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Awesome first poem
Nyaga Avatar
February 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Emotional read.. I feel for all the parties caught in this violence//Blessings In His Light
Gifford Avatar
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Hello Clare, this is beautiful write and a great read.Thank you for sharing. I think wearing of the Poppy is a beautiful way to show our respect for our fallen heroes. Sending Blessings your way.
De Beaulieu Avatar
February 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hello Clare, Poppies should be worn on Remembrance Day. to show that we remembered the solders that died for us to have a better life. Enjoy your day my friend. /Darlene/
Agustin Avatar
November 12, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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