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562. Remembrance Sunday 2005

Anthem for Doomed Youth

By Wilfred Owen

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
-Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,-
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.

What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

Hunger struck

Nikon D70 ,Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f/3.5 MF
1/200s iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Karen Leaf		14-Nov-2005 04:17
Outstanding post, Stu.

petesie		14-Nov-2005 02:50
Beautiful remembrance and we won't forget. Too, too many to forget.

Elaine (etfitz)		14-Nov-2005 01:53
Wonderful shot!

shatterbug		13-Nov-2005 21:39
Very nice shot!

Guest		13-Nov-2005 21:25
Well captured.

Johnny JAG		13-Nov-2005 20:53
Beautifully captured and thought provoking.

laine82		13-Nov-2005 20:10
And what world would we be living in if they had not....

northstar37		13-Nov-2005 20:07
snifff

Pedro Libório		13-Nov-2005 17:38
Olá companheiro. grande registo e o ano passado estavas cá...como o tempo passa rápido...bolas ..bolas ... Olha hoje estavam 10º graus ...é frio mesmo ...risos...com aquele vento do lado do mar...eheheheheh abraço.

Guest		13-Nov-2005 17:34
Excellent!

Herb		13-Nov-2005 14:18
Well done

jude		13-Nov-2005 14:04
markers like this all over the world.. and yet, they continue.. beautiful poem to go with this thoughtful photo

Gayle P. Clement		13-Nov-2005 13:29
Excellent compositon and it makes me sad.