<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413446" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Blooming Shame</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Still fields of scarlet poppies blow<br> on long abandoned battle fields.<br>The bones of dead men hid below<br> will feed their roots increasing yields.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The few survivors are now all dead.<br>Rejoined the comrades that they knew.<br>So we remember in their stead.<br>The many who salute the few.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now Patch is dead he was the last<br> veteran who survived the war<br>A living relic from the past<br>who lived a hundred years and more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There�s no one left who can recall<br> the muddy trenches and the gas.<br>The pain of seeing comrades fall.<br>He watched the long years slowly pass.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He never sought publicity.<br>He was a very private man<br> but became a celebrity<br>The last surviving veteran.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Each year the scarlet poppies grow<br>On Flanders Fields abundantly<br>The countless dead who lie below<br>Have earned their place in history.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">By foolish useless sacrifice<br>They gave their lives to end all war<br>I think they paid to high a price.<br>The world is as it was before.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Men are still killing other men<br> but now much more efficiently<br>Each year we fail to learn again<br> the lessons taught by history.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There are no winners in a war.<br>There never was nor will there be.<br>But men will fight for evermore.<br>It�s human nature seemingly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413446" data-title="A Blooming Shame de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Still fields of scarlet poppies blow on long abandoned battle fields. The bones of dead men hid below will feed their roots increasing yields. The few survivors are now all dead. Rejoined the comrades that they knew. So we remember in their ste..."></div> </div> </div>

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