Remembrance Day 2024

I saw students placing flags on the resting places of our honoured dead…… Remembrance Day 2024 The flags flutter from grave to grave Marking the lying place of our honoured brave The magpies warble on the breeze And the smell of eucalyptus permeates the trees The brass plaques tell a story Of women and men gone to glory Who went to war in khaki and blue To defend democracy as they wanted to The lines are straight as their marching battalions ANZAC values learnt when they were lions Endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour, and mateship Standing tall for us because of it. © Paul Warren Poetry