Remembrance Day

[tealin]

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.




Usually I post a photo, but it occurred to me that most of my co-workers and acquaintances down here don't know why a crop of red flowers appears on BBC presenters this time of year. See also: Remembrance Day. You can listen to Canada's national Remembrance Day service in whatever time zone is coming up to 11:00 a.m. via the CBC Radio Player, or the UK's whenever on the iPlayer.