In the area around Reims... by Nantosvelta
In the area around Reims there are many of such cemetaries commemmorating the soldiers that died during the First World War.I always find those places very impressive.
I wrote the following poem based on ?In Flanders Fields? by John Mc Crae and ?Futility? by Wilfred Owen:
In English towns
In English towns, church bells ring
Because of Armistice, the people sing
to celebrate the end of war.
There?s a soldier at the Owens? door
About their son he has news to bring
Only seven days ago this morning
He was killed by German firing
Such grief was never felt before
In English towns
He was on the continent teaching
Enraged by watching the young boys suffering
Became an officer and joined the war.
Of Futility - he shall write no more
He shall not sing, though church bells ring
In English towns
Jiske Erlings - March 2004
