I wrote my poem, They Never Knew, in response to Sadje’s Whatdoyousee #262 Photo prompt challenge.
For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a field of red poppies, in the middle of which two trees are growing. In the back, the sun is rising in a sky where a few scattered clouds are floating! 11-11 is celebrated as Armistice day/ Remembrance Day to celebrate the end of WW II. And red poppies are symbolic of this day.
They Never Knew
young men lie
where poppies grew;
they never knew
they would die that day,
in blood-stained mud
and where they lay
another dawn will rise;
and on this land
of final cries,
a new field of poppies,
red,
will grow
they did not know
that on some future day
strong trees will stand
where splintered woods decay
in shell-blasted fields of requiem,
where lay the dead,
poppies, still with stains of blood,
will grow,
and we will remember them
Lesley Scoble, November, 2024
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you, Sadje, for your constant encouragement; and your inspirational #WDYS prompts.
Feature image credit; Derek Mack @ Unsplash
Thank you, dear reader, for reading.
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; mime artist; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
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