Remembrance Day Haikus

In honour of Remembrance Day, the normal Meatless Monday post will be moved to Tuesday. Instead here are a few meagre Haikus to mark the day. Thank you for understanding and for taking the time to pause and reflect on those who served. 


Sounds of Kristallnacht
Cries and crash of breaking glass
And of breaking souls.

Old men sit in chairs

Medals wet with autumn rain

Wailing pipes mask tears.

Some battles are fresh
The soldier's scars more recent
But still they run deep.

Cenotaphs are red

With poppies instead of blood

Now and for always

Poppies give us pause

To remember why we're free

Lest we forget them.

Eleventh month, hour

We stop, we weep, we recall

Canadians all.