Challenge
Share the most moving poem you have ever read. See description for more detail, and don't forget to tag me @chainedinshadow
Copy the poem out word for word so we can read it, too, or provide a link to the poem. Tell us why it's so important to you or why it moves you so much.
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In Flanders Fields John McCrae, 1872 - 1918
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.
This poem really moved me when I had to memorize it in 6th grade. It speaks of our patriotic duty to our country, as well as the ultimate sacrifice that they made for it--they gave their lives.