Tuesday, April 15, 2025

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[Memorial park monument, Port of Spain, Trinidad 🇹🇹   from google]


 Monumental

Standing in the sun,

Standing in the rain,

Lucky you;

We have no winters,

We have no Autumns,

To freeze you,

 Or make you colour shame.


You stand proud,

For the value of service,

And every year,

They come bowing,

Bringing garlands,

To the memory of,

Our fallen  braves.

© gillena cox 2025


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10 comments:

  1. Gillena, why can't we honor living as much as we do the dead? Evocative writing and observations on memorial statues for war dead.

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  2. Thanks for your appreciation Lisa

    Much♡love

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  3. Very nicely done, Gillena. I like how you speak to/about the statue standing in all kinds of weather!

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    1. Thanks for your appreciation Dwight

      Much♡love

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  4. I like how the title lends magnitude before even reading the poem, Gillena, how you address the statue in the opening lines, and then reveal why it is so important in the second stanza.

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  5. Thanks for your appreciation Kim

    Much♡love

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  6. Thanks for your appreciation Björn

    Much♡love

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  7. Wonderful poem, Gillena!

    Yvette M Calleiro :-)
    http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

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  8. Thanks for your appreciation Yvette

    Much♡love

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