This will be my only post today, as it is ANZAC Day, a very important day in our nation's history. Jan Theuninck, a poet and painter from Ypres, has very kindly sent me a poem and photograph for publication. The poem is titled, "Tyne Cot," after Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces on the continent.The building, which colour refers to the war, is an artwork by architect Wim Supply, who tried to give a future to the past. The library is located in the Chateau Park where you also find the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.
"Each year the ambassadors of Australia and New Zealand come to the region to commemorate Anzac Day : I think they start in 2008 at Tyne Cot Cemetery and afterwards go to the Menin Gate in Ypres for a special Last Post."
Many thanks Jan.
Many thanks lads.
" 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
