DAISIES AND POPPIES (THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY) - Acrostic Poem for Socrates challenge

D reams of sweet young girls
A ll dressed up in white dresses and pearls
I nnocence making white crowns for their hair
S orrow has not touched these ones so fair
I n love or not in love is the game
E ach untouched by unbearable pain
S orrow has not visited them to claim

AND

P ast innocence has been lost
O verseas thousands of white crosses
P oppies blood red decorate the fields
P eople visit the graves to kneel
I n prayer for the mass loss of young men
E very year they come to visit and tend graves of
S ervice men who were a loved one or friend

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Posted: Jun 2019
About this poem:
In remembrance of 75th Anniversary of D-Day June 6, 2019 when thousands died to defend the world from tyranny. Lest we forget.

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EXRED
A beautifully worked acrobatic Kathy, just wonderful applause applause teddybear
EXRED
Sorry acrostic grin this predictive texting can't spell laugh teddybear
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Thank you Crash.

Kathy wave
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Kathy

The girlfriends of the young men who fought in the war, were probably awaiting their return to be united with them in marriage.
This, of course was never realized, due to their untimely death during the war.
Your poem, in which the girlfriends are the daisies and the young men who died are the poppies, brings them together, side by side, in your beautiful photo.

Excellent acrostic!
madtat29
Very good memorial and acrostic ..Mad Props Kathy
marikia
Masterfully penned! Very impressive! Thank you, dear poetess!thumbs up tip hat
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Thanks Red - I use a desk top - works much better then Smart Phones that can't spell! rolling on the floor laughing laugh

Kathy teddybear
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Thank you Socrates - I tried my very best. But then I am never completely satisfied with what I do.

Kathy wave
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Wow ! Beautiful powerful write purple heart bouquet
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Thanks madtat - glad you liked the props!

Kathy sad flower
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WOW Marikia - tysm dear friend.

Kathy teddybear
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Thank you Laura - let us never forget the generation that saved the world from oppression and annihilation!

Kathy
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Sharing again for this coming week in Recognition of Veterans Day 2019. Thank you to all our Veterans who fought for our freedoms.

Kathy teddybear
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Lest we forget - in recognition of all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for us for freedom of oppression.

Kathy
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doglover14
Beautiful write Kathy.
For those of us that come from small Upstate NY towns ( or small towns anywhere) ~ I will sorely miss being able to pay tribute to those very senior citizens as they proudly marched or were driven along the tree lined streets & roads of our cancelled Memorial Day Parades.

Mady.sad flower
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So sad - yesterday was the 76th Anniversary of D-Day - June 6, 1944. No parades - however, antique war planes flew up the Susquehanna River over the towns as a reminder of the Greatest Generation that Ever Lived and how they saved the world from Tyranny. Here we are 76 years later still praying the world be saved from tyranny. The world never learns.

Kathy sad flower
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Memorial Day 2022 - remembering those who gave their lives for our freedom. Also, remembering those in Ukraine - civilians and soldiers alike - fighting for their freedom and survival. God be with them.

Kathy
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EXRED3
This acrostic stands the test of time sadly
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