Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Remembrance Day 2009

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- 1980's PERIOD
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"The Branch of Life", Artwork by Norval Morrisseau (c. 1987)
© Bonnie Edwards Kagna MacFarlane
/Click on image to Enlarge/
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In Flanders Fields
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In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below...
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We are the dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields...
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Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields...
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Lt.-Col. John McCrae



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Source (image): www.londongalleries.ca (Used with permission)
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* The acrylic painting in this post: "The Branch of Life", 56"x51", Artwork by Norval Morrisseau (c. 1987), © Bonnie Edwards Kagna MacFarlane in accordance with an agreement with Norval Morrisseau, June 11, 1988
/The Edwards Collection/

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