Where I come from (Canada), today is called Rememberance Day. I don't
know if this tradition is present in other countries, but on this day we
often read a poem called "In Flanders Fields", written by a Canadian
soldier in World War I. I'd just like to share it with you today.
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 heared 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.
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, M.D. 1915
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