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A Poppy In Winter

from Black & White & Read All Over by Ian Whiteley

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A Poppy In Winter

November mists come down in shrouds of grey
and folk remember, with their poppies red,
the loss of sixteen million war dead
and how the guns fell silent on this day.
So who are you to deem to have a say
on whether I should honour those who bled
by crimson colours? – or perhaps, instead,
in remembrance there is another way.
For I would guess that most of those who died,
If they could choose, would say it was their right
to be remembered with respected pride
and that their children wouldn’t have to fight.
“Everlasting Peace!” they may well have cried,
“and if you must wear poppies – wear them white”.

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from Black & White & Read All Over, released January 1, 2019

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