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​Minute of Silence

By Bob Scott

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Poppy painting - Linda Stanley


​We will remember them 

 
Go forth in your numbers great or small 
 
Place Those Wreath's or Poppies all
 
At Memorials that stand revered across this land 
 
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In our Cities, Towns and grassed Village greens 
 
Memorials all record their own 
 
One life! Or Ten Thousand all equal in death 
 
Now is the time to Remember! Their sacrifice 
 
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For one minute!! Close your eyes 
 

Then remember all those past and present 
 
The dead the Dying and the wounded 
 
Then those yet to fall in duty fulfilled 
 
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Picture if you will the sights and sounds of horror 
 
This is war! One is unable to escape 
 
The sacrifices of the many 
 

And that of! One man too 
 
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Your minute’s up! 
 

As you return to the Present
 
Look around and you will find 
 
YOU’RE NOT ALONE

Poem © Bob Scott 26th October 2014.

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  • Gallipoli
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  • Architects
  • Shot at Dawn
  • Victoria Cross
  • Miscellaneous
  • Regimental Badges
  • "Silent Cities" Revisited