Vera Lynn On V-E Day 75 Poem by gary polonsky

A sonnet by Gary Polonsky

I just heard Vera Lynn recalling
Her singing to "the boys" on distant shore
While bombs were not so distant falling,
How else does one win a modern war?
Now, another anniversary,
Number 75, V-E Day,
I recall the first one, I was three,
Certain memories will always stay.

"We'll meet again, " Dame Vera sang,
"Don't know where, don't know when" - a promise,
Words of hope, as when church bells rang,
Not the time to be a doubting Thomas.
At one hundred and three, Vera prevails,
With the White Cliffs of Dover in her sails.


Written in Ontario, Canada - 10th May 2020