#thisdaysjoy: poppies

November 11, 2023

Today is Veteran’s Day here in US, but in the UK, it’s called Remembrance Day.

I think I like that name better… because some things are so fiercely horrid they should never be forgotten.

 In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
    That mark our place; and in the sky
    The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
    Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
        In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
    The torch; be yours to hold it high.
    If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
        In Flanders fields.

Let us not break faith.

All best,