Poppies

Don't know who wrote this, but I think it's lovely

Nature created a flower
with petals or brilliant red.
Who'd have thought such a beautiful flower
Would be used to remember the dead?

For when all of the guns have stopped firing
And there's only the mud and the rain
God sends down his little red flowers
To cover the men who remain.

So remember every November
When we hold our Remembrance Day
Of the lads who lie 'neath the poppies
And the price they had to pay.

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Yes - very moving
I understand there are poppies for the horses too - do they look different ?

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That is a beautiful poem, never heard it before,thanks for posting.

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Just gooled Patsy this came up


‘We will remember them’: 95 horses wearing poppies with pride.

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/featu...ictures-463510

Dont know if this will work.

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Very moving ... and sad..... because of its simplicity.