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Nov 11, 2004 21:18

In Flanders fields the poppies blow ( Read more... )

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two_makes_one November 11 2004, 18:27:03 UTC

*Happy* Veteran's Day/ *smooch*

_sanityassassin November 12 2004, 09:15:47 UTC

Thanks. :X

petzilla November 11 2004, 19:04:48 UTC

for some reason this comes to mind ( ... )

merlinsdaughter November 11 2004, 20:00:31 UTC

And all I was wondering: "Fuck, where's the mail today?" That answeres my question. How insensitive of me.....

You should be here tonight keeping me company, damn it!

_sanityassassin November 12 2004, 09:13:23 UTC

I just got back! One trip at a time, I'm tired as hell! :)

Just curious... hopelessart November 13 2004, 11:17:35 UTC

Where do these words derive from?

Re: Just curious... _sanityassassin November 13 2004, 11:32:10 UTC

It was written by Major John McCrae who was a field surgeon in WWI. He wrote the poem after a friend and former student died during an artillery attack.

Poppies tend to grow in fields that have been recently plown or after other plants have been uprooted (fresh graves).