Tag Archives: poppies

“They do not hate…”

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

But they who love the greater love Lay down their life; they do not hate Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen was killed in action, aged 25, 4th November 1918, just a week before the war would end.  

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Remembering

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

My mother was not quite seventeen when I was born. She and my father, just three years her senior, had married early as he had joined the army. They were still living close to home when I first came into … Continue reading →

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Blood red #midnighthaiku

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Sue Vincent
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Why?

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Sue Vincent

“the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” 888,246 ceramic poppies, created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins surround the Tower of London. A river of blood. Each poppy represents a British military fatality during the First World … Continue reading →

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Poppies for peace

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Sue Vincent

There is a gentleman I know, a man of the sea, whose name is Mick. Not a young man, not any more. Today his boots will be polished, his medals will gleam on his chest, and his beloved dog will … Continue reading →

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