ANZAC Dawn

As we remember them

Wind rustles the leaves

As we remember them

Light wakens in the sky

As those words are spoken

We remember them

Written at the ANZAC Dawn service and posted on Twitter 6:58 AM - 25 Apr 2015

https://twitter.com/ally_cat/status/591677581495152640

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At the Dunedin ANZAC dawn service in Queens Gardens with a few other people. Waiting for 6:30 am #fb pic.twitter.com/KkzsH0wd9G

— Allison Brown (@ally_cat) April 24, 2015

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Red Tears

Red Tears (words)

I hear their memories,
Calling!
Wafting across fields.
Floating.
Singing their final lullaby -
Weeping:
A harmony of voices,
Haunting...

Whispers drift over fields,
Calling!
Threads of their memories.
Floating.
Visions always lingering -
Weeping:
Staining the fallen leaves,
Haunting...


*Reflecting on why this poem came into being - post ANZAC Day on Behind Dreaming...

"Red Tears" was first published in Teesside Artists' Journal, November 2009. Thank you to Carol Fenwick, the editor of Teesside Artists' Journal, for all her support including understanding my decision to republishing this poem on my blog.


Red Tears by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Australia License.
Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com and Teesside Artists' Journal.

Remember them

I feel the presence of those
Who have gone before:
Remember them.

Do not forget
Their deeds:
Remember them.

Do not forget
Their sacrifices:
Remember them.

Lest we forget

http://www.flickr.com/photos/auntiep/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Twittery version - tweeted 11/11/2009
I feel the presence of those who have gone before: remember them / Their deeds: remember them / Their sacrifice: remember them.

Remember them by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.
The image contained within this post is the work of another individual so please access their license via http://www.flickr.com/photos/32625013@N00/562367089.