War and History Fiction posted January 14, 2023 |
A response to John McCrea's poem
Flanders Fields
by Paul McFarland
To Flanders fields, someday I'll go
To see those crosses, row on row,
That mark the place beneath the sky
Where larks still sing and bravely fly,
Their songs now heard. No guns below.
They are the dead. Long years ago
They lived, felt dawn, saw sunset's glow,
Loved and were loved, and now they lie
In Flanders fields.
Their comrades overcame the foe:
And so now all the world does know
The torch those warriors once held high
Was passed, and though they had to die
They sleep content, where poppies grow,
In Flanders fields.
In Their Memory writing prompt entry
To Flanders fields, someday I'll go
To see those crosses, row on row,
That mark the place beneath the sky
Where larks still sing and bravely fly,
Their songs now heard. No guns below.
They are the dead. Long years ago
They lived, felt dawn, saw sunset's glow,
Loved and were loved, and now they lie
In Flanders fields.
Their comrades overcame the foe:
And so now all the world does know
The torch those warriors once held high
Was passed, and though they had to die
They sleep content, where poppies grow,
In Flanders fields.
To see those crosses, row on row,
That mark the place beneath the sky
Where larks still sing and bravely fly,
Their songs now heard. No guns below.
They are the dead. Long years ago
They lived, felt dawn, saw sunset's glow,
Loved and were loved, and now they lie
In Flanders fields.
Their comrades overcame the foe:
And so now all the world does know
The torch those warriors once held high
Was passed, and though they had to die
They sleep content, where poppies grow,
In Flanders fields.
Writing Prompt Write a poem, any type, about the members of the military present and past. |
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