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In Flanders Fields

A Poem for Memorial Day

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A Poem for Memorial Day

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In Flanders Fields

May 30, 2022 4:46 pm

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Though this poem may be more appropriate for Remembrance Day, it is more than suitable for Memorial Day as well.

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.

— John McCrae

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