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A poem for Memorial Day
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We brought that starry banner,
From the flagstaff where it flew.
To shroud our fallen shipmates,
As seamen tend to do.
Some were young and some were old,
Who joined our hallowed dead.
All gave some and some gave all,
Nothing further need be said.
All about us raged the battle,
Not much time to say so long.
And a mother’s heart is broken,
To learn her child is gone.
Patriotic men and women,
Who were called to give the most,
Slumber on among the poppies,
Having joined the purple Host.
In time the fighting ended,
Our heroes lay asleep,
Beneath that starry banner,
Committed to the deep.
Ian A. Millar
May 30, 2022 is Memorial Day in the USA and this poem is written in memory of the hundreds of men and women who paid that full measure during wartime while serving in the U.S. Merchant Marine.
STARRY BANNER
We brought that starry banner,
From the flagstaff where it flew.
To shroud our fallen shipmates,
As seamen tend to do.
Some were young and some were old,
Who joined our hallowed dead.
All gave some and some gave all,
Nothing further need be said.
All about us raged the battle,
Not much time to say so long.
And a mother’s heart is broken,
To learn her child is gone.
Patriotic men and women,
Who were called to give the most,
Slumber on among the poppies,
Having joined the purple Host.
In time the fighting ended,
Our heroes lay asleep,
Beneath that starry banner,
Committed to the deep.
Ian A. Millar
May 30, 2022 is Memorial Day in the USA and this poem is written in memory of the hundreds of men and women who paid that full measure during wartime while serving in the U.S. Merchant Marine.