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Flanders fields evoke memories of the first war battles of Ypres and Paschendale where so many thousands gave their lives Poppies grow on Flanders fields Poppies deepest red On those ****** battle fields Where so much young blood was shed Poppies, poppies nurtured by the blood of boys Poppies deep blood red Thousands lift their heads towards the sky Perhaps to glorify those boys who died The poppy has four petals One petal for every boy who died on those blood soaked fields Petals red and whole nations grieved And mourned the loss Of youths not yet fully bloomed
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Jul 13, 2014
Jul 13, 2014 at 5:23 AM UTC
Flanders Fields
Flanders fields evoke memories of the first war battles of Ypres and Paschendale where so many thousands gave their lives Poppies grow on Flanders fields Poppies deepest red On those ****** battle fields Where so much young blood was shed Poppies, poppies nurtured by the blood of boys Poppies deep blood red Thousands lift their heads towards the sky Perhaps to glorify those boys who died The poppy has four petals One petal for every boy who died on those blood soaked fields Petals red and whole nations grieved And mourned the loss Of youths not yet fully bloomed
Every November there is a memorial service here in UK and at the end of the service the red poppy petals fall. It is said one petal for every soldier who gave his life then and in every war since. So many red petals
joe-cole
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Jul 13, 2014
Jul 13, 2014 at 5:23 AM UTC
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