Shadows Of What Used To Be Poem by Amelie Ison

Shadows Of What Used To Be

Rating: ★4.5

The silhouettes are all that remain:
There is nothing left of them
But the memories that have faded over the years.
From generation to generation,
The stories were passed down,
But now they are forgotten; no one knows them anymore.
So when the sun sets and rises on a new day,
I fear soon all remembrance will disappear—
But I will remember.
And as the sun starts to set, bringing darkness:
I will always remember.

Saturday, June 8, 2024
Topic(s) of this poem: anniversary,death,forgotten,remember,sun,war
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Should have published this 2 days ago. This is for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. It's about the memorial put up with 1,474 silhouettes at Normandy to remember those who died, called 'For Your Tomorrow'. My poem alludes to the poem 'For The Fallen' by Laurence Binyon. 'They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: / Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. / At the going down of the sun and in the morning / We will remember them.'
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dennis Ryan 08 June 2024

Good for you. Not bad. You are learning your trade although it smacks of the royals, royalty, jolly old England that had its neck saved in both wars by the United States, remember that? You have a very selective memory that fits your little personality.

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Kevin Hulme 09 June 2024

Appreciate your Poem to all that died and survived for our freedom. My father was in D.Day.

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Amelie Ison 12 June 2024

My great-grandpa was too. I thank him for his service.

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Dennis Ryan 08 June 2024

You actually message me when I message you—this never happening.

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Dennis Ryan 08 June 2024

You actually

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Dennis Ryan 08 June 2024

Later in the day, and last but not least, you actually essage

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Dennis Ryan 08 June 2024

And you gravitate to war, war hero's, war poets.

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