www.nb.legion.ca 61 NEWBRUNSWICKCOMMANDThe Royal Canadian Legion LégionRoyale CanadienneDIRECTIONNOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK Junior Poem/Poème junior Madeline Kee, Grade 6 student/élève de la 6e année - Hartland Community School If You Just Listen If you just listen, You’ll hear the ground shaking, Underneath the terrified horses, That carried the soldiers into battle. If you just listen, You will hear the whinnies of the horses, As their partners fall to the ground, Leaving only their spirits in the saddle. If you just listen You can hear horses galloping to freedom with their soldiers, You can also hear horses trying to limp to freedom, But eventually get hit by a bullet. If you just listen, You can hear bombshells going off, Guns being fired, Soldiers yelling to each other over the noise of war. If you just listen, You’ll hear soldiers moaning in pain, The pain that comes from trench foot, As they leap up onto the battlefield. If you just listen, You’ll hear shovel fulls of dirt being dug, As men are being buried in Flanders Field, And tombstones are placed at their feet. If you just listen, You’ll hear the bugle being played, As you stand for the two minutes of silence, On November eleventh. When I just listen, I hear people crying at the cenotaph, As they lay a wreath, On the special day of the eleventh month. As originally submitted for competition / Tel que soumis initialement au concours
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