For Remembrance Week

[John915]

Another little thought for all,

The inquisitive mind of a child

Why are they selling poppies mummy? selling poppies in town today,
The poppies my child are flowers of love, for the men who marched away.

But why have they chosen a poppy mummy? why not a beautiful rose?
Because my child, men fought and died, in the fields where the poppies grow.

But why are the poppies so red mummy? why are the poppies so red?
Red is the colour of blood my child, the blood our soldiers shed.

The heart of the poppy is black mummy, why does it have to be black?
Black my child is the symbol of grief, for the men who never came back.

But why mummy are you crying so? your tears are giving you pain,
My tears are my fears for you my child
                                For the world is FORGETTING AGAIN.           Anon

John915


                          

[Rabbit B]

Hi John,
 That is really lovely so true too. I am so glad that they now make a big thing of Remembrance.
It is so important never to let it happen again.  There was a period in the 60's when it almost went out of fashion to Remember.  As if those of us who went though WW2 could ever forget it.

But, the story I learned from my mother, who was a real countrygirl like me was, that the shells from the guns disturbed the soil where they fell. This caused the poppies to germinate where sometimes they had been dormant for years.  When the battles were all over, millions of poppies grew on the battlefields, just like the ones in the picture that Polldoll posted.

That was the reason my mum said, that they chose the poppy as the symbol of Remembrance after WW1.

Rabbit B 

[rachelralph]

my little boy today took his poppy into nursery to show his teacher 'granda's poppy' (as i said earlier my dad was a soldier) we showed teacher and lele said this is grandas poppy. teacher looked at me and i said my dad was a soldier. the reply i got was 'oh im so sorry'. i had to correct her and tell her that my father is still (thankfully) alive and well! she said to me that she is very lucky and hasnt had to suffer that kind of grief. is it me or is this a little odd?

it seems to me that rememberance day is only important to those who have lost someone. in my mind we should all remember not just those who have lost a loved one or friend.