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French 1st World War Cemetary B/W
French 1st World War Cemetary B/W
by Rev David East
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Graves at Tyne Cot Cemetary, Ypres 2
Graves at Tyne Cot Cemetary, Ypres 2
by Rev David East
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Remember
Remember
by Rachel Marsh
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Times and Seasons - Foreign Fields
Times and Seasons - Foreign Fields
by Marjorie Dobson
Foreign Fields In mud-bespattered ranks men marched through foreign fields, once fertile as the farms at home: their hopes, once high, soon shattered by mud, gas, guns, barbed-wire and no-man’s land. The fields were wet with rain and scarlet blood and vomit; peppered with shells,…
Times and Seasons - By a monument of marble
Times and Seasons - By a monument of marble
by Marjorie Dobson
By a monument of marble, or a simple wooden cross, here we gather to remember sacrifice and tragic loss. Blood-red poppy petals flutter, each a symbol for a life, drifting in a crimson curtain, shadow of our constant strife. Verses 2-3 follow ©Marjorie Dobson Metre: 8 7 8 7 D Tun…
Times and Seasons - Agony
Times and Seasons - Agony
by Marjorie Dobson
Agony Agony etched on faces. Pain screaming from tortured limbs. Blood running from open wounds, mingling with sweat, diluted by tears. Victims dying. Soldiers doing their duty. Enemies looking on with hatred blazing. Mothers weeping inconsolably. Friends standing, lost and helpl…
Times and Seasons - A century passes, memories will fade
Times and Seasons - A century passes, memories will fade
by Andrew Pratt
A century passes, memories will fade; war’s sun goes down, sharp pain is hid in shade. Yet still we pray for peace, as those men prayed; we will remember them. [we will remember, we will remember.] Ten times ten thousand fell amid that rage. What is the gain we measure from that …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - WW1 Commemoration
Times and Seasons - Full Service - WW1 Commemoration
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
WW1 Commemoration - Year A Please note 1) that traditional components of a Remembrance Service are not included here, are readily available elsewhere, and can be incorporated if wished; 2) that a time of silence can be observed at any appropriate point in the service but perhaps …
Times and Seasons - Now the poppy petals flutter
Times and Seasons - Now the poppy petals flutter
by Andrew Pratt
The updraft twisted yellow mist: ominous weave of gaseous death. And now the poppy petals flutter. Eyes closed. Another updraft, drifting, lifting, Deep darkness each single petal turning end over end. covered the face of the earth. All seemed without form The coughing, and void.…
Times and Seasons - So easy now to judge – original sin?