Two Poems by Joan Adams Burchell (copyright)
"REMEMBERING "
We Will Remember
Blood was shed on fields and shore,
in the air and on the sea.
Men - just boys - gave up their
lives
so our country could be free.
We honour them, and their gift
of peace,
on the eleventh day of November.
Memories go beyond the grave
so we will always remember.
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The Price For Freedom
The eleventh month is named "November";
The eleventh day we will always
remember.
The great world war had come to
an end;
The men who survived, we prayed,
would mend.
The scars went deep but they fought
the hell;
The men of bravery hid it well.
The memories showed behind their
eyes -
The horror of watching while a
friend dies.
The price for freedom was paid
so we
Could live our lives unafraid,
and free.
Our country is proud of the women
and men
Who knew the importance of freedom,
back then.
The years have passed but on the
eleventh of November
We salute those who fought and
we will always remember.
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