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Yperite

late at night
a mist
fills the valley
without knowing
it suffocates
like a dark power
on the fields
our dead bodies
and under the grass
a brown soil

© by Jan Theuninck

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yperiteWW1"Jan Theuninck"

Tyne Cot

 

when you left
for the front
you were
living heroes
and now
you are on top
of the hill
where only
poppies
blow..........

© by Jan Theuninck

 

Tyne Cot
 
toen jullie 
naar het front
trokken
waren jullie
levende helden
en nu
liggen jullie
op de heuvel
waar alleen
papavers bloeien...
 
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"Tyne Cot"WW1

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