Older men declare war but it is youth that must fight and die.
Herbert Hoover
Poppies
Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson
In Flanders Fields
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.
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.
Från "Flanders Fields" är steget inte långt till Amy Lowells dikt "Patterns". Här kommer sista versen, vill du läsa hela dikten finns den här.
In Summer and in Winter I shall walk
Up and down
The patterned garden paths
In my stiff, brocaded gown.
The squills and daffodils
Will give place to pillared roses, and to asters, and to snow.
I shall go
Up and down,
In my gown.
Gorgeously arrayed,
Boned and stayed.
And the softness of my body will be guarded from embrace
By each button, hook, and lace.
For the man who should loose me is dead,
Fighting with the Duke in Flanders,
In a pattern called a war.
Christ! What are patterns for?
O, den dikten (Patterns) får mig alltid att tänka på dig, eller snarare tvärtom, du får mig ofta att tänka på den dikten, och mycket mer.
SvaraRaderaBerätta hur det går.
Stor, stor kram från
Mette
Flette-Mette,
RaderaJa, det finns så ohyggligt mycket mer.
Vet inte så mycket än, men det blir fler resor till T-y.
amy lowell är speciell!
SvaraRaderajag följer dig i tankarna!
Tack Debbie, det känns gott!
RaderaJa, Amy var en häftig dam!
M
Fin målning av intressant konstnär! Tack för den.
SvaraRaderaKolja,
RaderaDet gömmer sig så många intressanta och kunniga personer på nätet - Sarah är bara en av dem!
M