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Shades of red In shades of red The poppies bloom. Acre upon acre Hundred upon hundred, Thousand upon thousand, Million upon million, Their defiant petals Rouse in our souls Remembrance. We cannot imagine The mud, the blood, The lice, the pain, The loyalty, the pride, The courage, the fear, Every shade of human feeling, Together in hell, Brotherhood. For King and Country. Falling in a moment, Or suffering for ever, John, William, Thomas, Oliver, Michael, David, James, Edward, Max - Fathers, sons, husbands A generation cut down Never to return. In shades of red The poppies bloom. Remembered still.
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Nov 4, 2018
Nov 4, 2018 at 2:09 PM UTC
Shades of red
Shades of red In shades of red The poppies bloom. Acre upon acre Hundred upon hundred, Thousand upon thousand, Million upon million, Their defiant petals Rouse in our souls Remembrance. We cannot imagine The mud, the blood, The lice, the pain, The loyalty, the pride, The courage, the fear, Every shade of human feeling, Together in hell, Brotherhood. For King and Country. Falling in a moment, Or suffering for ever, John, William, Thomas, Oliver, Michael, David, James, Edward, Max - Fathers, sons, husbands A generation cut down Never to return. In shades of red The poppies bloom. Remembered still.
In memory of my grandfather, killed at Ypres.
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jane-connell-smith
72/F/Suffolk UK
Nov 4, 2018
Nov 4, 2018 at 2:09 PM UTC
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