Jacque Lee Poet Ballad

Poppies of Remembrance

Time, to buy our poppies
To remember once again
remember those who died for us
And those who were just maimed
We must also remember
Those, who lost their loved ones
Mothers, sister’s, daughters
Fathers, brothers, son's
What a lot of us can't imagine
What torment that must be
But they all gave their lives for us
To make our country free
In one hundred years
Two wars some endured
lost fathers in the 1st, sons in the last
This fighting is absurd
And still we send our menfolk
To fight the wars abroad
 Please end this madness
I beg thee dear lord...

We think we're in recession
But do we  really know
The hardships that our grandparents
Suffered against the foe
Bombed out of house and home
Nowhere else to go
Then all neighbours rallied round
To help they were not slow
Rationing came about
For food, for clothes, for fuel
From just scrag ends of meat
Made appetizing gruel
Women took over men’s jobs
In factories, farms and such
Blackouts, sirens, shelters
Hardship there was much 
Army, air force and navy
Were not the only ones
But fire-fighters, nurses, doctors
Air raid wardens, everyone
They all played some part
In winning against the foe
Many lost their lives
A dreadful way to go
Some might say its better
To die instantly my friends
For many, many suffered
In agony till the end
We can’t possibly imagine
What it's like there at the front
Many months of fighting
With no end in sight
In trenches, 
Your comrades all about you lying
Water logged and stinking,
Lying, crying, dying.
So please stand in silence
Remember, remember them 
They fought for our freedom
Our women and our men

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Pandita Sietesantos September 9, 2014 at 6:36 PM Beautiful, patriotic write honoring all the valiant heroes! Excellent piece! Pandita

Poet Destroyer A November 25, 2013 at 11:15 PM Jacque, Congratulations :-) for your nice win.... Thank you for considering my contest. Good Night ~ Linda ~

James Fraser February 14, 2010 at 5:42 AM Excellent Ballad Jacque, in remembrance to the fallen. What a terrific piece and a joy to read. I have written a few poems about the wars, you can read them on my website if you desire > www.thehighlandrspoems.com if you like what you read, you coud leave a note on my guest page at the bottom of my home page >> James

Colin Mitchell Williams November 11, 2008 at 9:42 AM .... good writing here Jacque, I like the way you kept the verses straight forward and to the point, no ambiguity, hard truths all the way.... brilliantly conceived !

Colin Mitchell Williams November 11, 2008 at 9:34 AM Hello Jacque, and thank you for your comment on "Trenches"... most appreciated.. we are of like mind you and I on this subject or remembrance, for those who fought and died, and those who survived and how badly they are treated today; the gratitude of a free country is sadly lacking in this respect; for both the wars.. and we have no inkling of what it was like... and for that fact alone, these people will always have my deepest thanks and respect