tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post7593179111513733578..comments2024-02-14T17:33:59.172-04:00Comments on The Written World: Remembrance Day 2009Kailanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-39004364837523943422009-11-18T17:28:18.377-04:002009-11-18T17:28:18.377-04:00I had one of my relatives send me down a couple of...I had one of my relatives send me down a couple of the lapel poppies so my husband and I could wear them. It's one of the things I miss about living in the States, as that is not something done here.Lesleyhttp://www.alifeinbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-55204047956136536122009-11-14T13:20:04.454-04:002009-11-14T13:20:04.454-04:00Remembering with you, Kailana.Remembering with you, Kailana.Julia Phillips Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392455413201190775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-70860410529484112252009-11-11T20:14:57.528-04:002009-11-11T20:14:57.528-04:00A really moving poem, Kelly. I read Wilfred Owen&...A really moving poem, Kelly. I read Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est today, too. I remember another one that I thought ended with something about someone dying in battle on the Continent and there being a "corner of England" there, but I don't remember what it is.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-17695836498233129392009-11-11T19:28:14.905-04:002009-11-11T19:28:14.905-04:00We went to the War Memorial Service today - one go...We went to the War Memorial Service today - one good thing about living in Ottawa! It was as always very moving, under a beautiful blue sky. This is the only poem I've ever memorized, and that was because I had to read it out to a school assembly when i was 10 years old. My voice breaks at the same place every time, and the older I get, the more I cry by the time I finish! It is hearbreaking, like Nymeth says.<br /><br />Thanks for posting it, Kailana.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-47405846888582345982009-11-11T17:53:05.174-04:002009-11-11T17:53:05.174-04:00:( As much as I love WWI poetry, it always breaks ...:( As much as I love WWI poetry, it always breaks my heart. Which is the point, I know.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.com