Thursday, November 09, 2006
Something I think the US should adopt
I miss the poppies for Remembrance Day. Here in the US its “Veteran’s Day” sans poppies. So, I saw one on the Toronto Star.com today, and printed it and I will wear it tomorrow and Saturday. I hope it survives. I’ll have to ask Mum to get me a few and save them so I can bring them back with me after my trip home next month.
Anyhoo. Canadians, Brits, and other Commonwealthers wear a poppy on November 11th to remember and honour the dead from World War I initially and now also dead and veterans from WWII, Korea and others since.
In Flanders Fields
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.
And about the poppies from today’s Toronto Star
Lest we forget... ¶ 7:10 PM
Anyhoo. Canadians, Brits, and other Commonwealthers wear a poppy on November 11th to remember and honour the dead from World War I initially and now also dead and veterans from WWII, Korea and others since.
In Flanders Fields
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.
And about the poppies from today’s Toronto Star
Lest we forget... ¶ 7:10 PM
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I will try to remember to get extra Poppies for you. I got mine last Saturday at the A&P from a veteran from WWII. I had gone in to pick up the birthday cake and had no change until I came out of the store. I kept a toonie from my change in my hand because I knew there was nowhere to put the cake down outside. He took the coin and tried to hand me the poppy but I was juggling cake, candles and film for the camera, not very successfully. He sa my problem and pinned the flower on my lapel. Only stuck me once, just below my right clavicle. We wished each other a great day and he turned to his next customer. I smiled all the way to Chuck E Cheese.
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