'The Canadians are marching'

[Rurald]

Another Canadian WW 1 poem (as I remember it):

Battle's grim dormitory this

And filled is every bed

None may leave his place

To take the roll call of the dead

Yet, as I lie here silently, I think

I would be twenty-three

At twenty I was killed

Oh you who love me, whom I love

Do not forget this day

As long as you are above

And I beneath the clay

[Tom Steadman]

I wish Canada was what Canada was. I remember that also.

[Matt Gurney]

We can skip that today.

[Tom Steadman]

True.

[Frederick Ford]

I think you can honour both. Well said.

[John Hudson]

Many thanks for this outstanding contribution to the day. Nowlan nailed it!

[Connie Craddock]

Thank you

[Jp]

Also memorialized in song by Canadian singer songwriter Neville Quinlan of NQ Arbuckle.

[Jim Hornett]

What a lovely poem! My father fought through France and Holland with the Canadians.

[sji]

thanks for the great words

[Reg Stowell]

Thank you, I was just about to leave for my local Remembrance Day ceremony when I took the time to read this. A great way to start the day

[Tildeb]

Thank you.

[JAVA]

Thank you for creating a pause in our feed for this reflection. It is humbling.

[Jan Lee]

Thank you.