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Date Posted: 13:11:19 07/13/02 Sat
Author: sp99
Author Host/IP: pool-63.53.141.213.nwrk.grid.net / 63.53.141.213
Subject: Re: Flanders Field
In reply to: Gemini 's message, "Re: Flanders Field" on 09:57:35 07/13/02 Sat

..."but they are all bad."

Amen to that Gem, and I'm glad to see
my first instinct was correct...thanks! SP

>Thanks Susanne. WW1, but they are all bad.
>
>Gem.
>
>
>
>>Excellent Gem, a better picture of
>>horrors of war,I cannot imagine. At the
>>moment, can't remember if 'Flanders Field'
>>is from War World I or II but with your
>>stark, effective writing, it makes the point
>>very well. Greatly appreciated the read!
>>SuSanne
>>
>>>Flanders Field
>>
>>>An ice wind drives the rain,
>>>Through the channels in the land,
>>>That scars the Flanders fields,
>>>Where once the flowers swayed.
>>>
>>>Gaunt, ghost grey faces stare,
>>>Waiting for the whistles shrill,
>>>Numbed feet in frozen pools,
>>>Where once the lovers strayed.
>>>
>>>Teeth clenched against the shock,
>>>As cannons boom shakes the ground,
>>>Shrapnel screams to the skies,
>>>Where once the Swallows played.
>>>
>>>Dull limbs and minds go forth,
>>>Bullets winging past their ears,
>>>Through the mists across the field,
>>>Where now the brave men stayed.
>>>
>>>
>>>Gemini. 12th July 2002

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