Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FORGET-ME-NOT DAY, by NAN TERRELL REED


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FORGET-ME-NOT DAY, by                    
First Line: Shall we forget, when nations meet
Last Line: And need a world that's kind.
Subject(s): Holidays; Veterans Day


SHALL we forget, when Nations meet,
To join again the broken ties --
The days of War, and marching feet
Beneath the stars of other skies --
Or will the years
Have dimmed the tears
And longing in our eyes?

Shall we forget the crowded graves,
Blood-stained beneath a wooden cross,
And bodies in the restless waves
That undiscovered float and toss, --
Or will our pride in those who died
Repay us for our loss?

Shall we forget the ones so brave --
The aviators of the sky,
When comrades, on a hurried grave,
Dropped tribute flowers from on high?
So much to give,
So good to live,
And yet they had to die.

Shall we forget the shattered nerves,
Disabled forms and twisted minds,
And those for whom the Darkness serves
Because the war has left them blind?
Oh! it is they
Who still must pay,
And need a world that's kind.





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