Tyne Cot (a poessay)

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Jan Theuninck

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Apr 10, 2009, 10:47:28 AM4/10/09
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The Dutch version of this poessay is on the wall of the library in
Zonnebeke, Belgium
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/belgium/zonnebeke_library.htm
The last words refer to John McCrae.

Tyne Cot

when you left
for the front
you were
living heroes
and now
you are on top
of the hill
where only
poppies
blow..........
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Logan Naidoo

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Apr 11, 2009, 12:32:44 AM4/11/09
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J.Theuninck
 
Thanks for the poem. It is short but certainly makes one think deeply.
 
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