The war and peace poppy (1914-1918)
A World War One poem survives
"In Flanders' fields" daring defile,
Of scarlet poppies growing wild!
Thus, the Poppy
Symbol of 1920s
Saluting the
CEASEFIRE of 1918
On the eleventh day
Of the eleventh month at eleven GMT.
Perhaps wars are not forever!
- Irene de SILVA
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