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By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

What a great 30 mins that was watching ITV pay tribute to an inspirational town...

Respect x and god bless all who have travelled through to their final resting place xx and their families. xx

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

I can't find my remote to turn the tv on grrrrrrrrrr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

if its a repeat we watched it a while back it was very moving indeed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Quality _iewing.

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By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

"They" said I lost my life today.

That simply is a load of shit.

Let's tell the truth; collectively,

"They" justified the theft of it.

I died while doing what I loved.

How often I've heard that refrain.

No reason given can defend

A love that causes so much pain.

I could not love with guns in hand.

No camouflage can hide this fact

That killing is unnatural.

From life it only can subtract.

A thousand soldiers stand stock-still

As eight march with their now dead mate

To start my final journey home

Where loved ones in deep sorrow wait.

At home they say they're proud of me

Defending thus their way of life.

But no one says there'd be more pride

In living life without the strife.

The only voice of reason is

My own and I'd have surely said,

"If I could do it all again

I would not end up being dead".

I want to walk the earth again,

To hold my children, hug my wife.

I'd gladly trade those 'lofty' goals

My 'leaders' said were worth my life.

If you could see what I see now,

Your faces you'd all hide in shame.

My dying for this consequence

Was just not worth the passing fame.

God damn it! When will you wake up?

You're sleeping through your lives you see.

Until you change them I am left

In sorrow for eternity.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""They" said I lost my life today.

That simply is a load of shit.

Let's tell the truth; collectively,

"They" justified the theft of it.

I died while doing what I loved.

How often I've heard that refrain.

No reason given can defend

A love that causes so much pain.

I could not love with guns in hand.

No camouflage can hide this fact

That killing is unnatural.

From life it only can subtract.

A thousand soldiers stand stock-still

As eight march with their now dead mate

To start my final journey home

Where loved ones in deep sorrow wait.

At home they say they're proud of me

Defending thus their way of life.

But no one says there'd be more pride

In living life without the strife.

The only voice of reason is

My own and I'd have surely said,

"If I could do it all again

I would not end up being dead".

I want to walk the earth again,

To hold my children, hug my wife.

I'd gladly trade those 'lofty' goals

My 'leaders' said were worth my life.

If you could see what I see now,

Your faces you'd all hide in shame.

My dying for this consequence

Was just not worth the passing fame.

God damn it! When will you wake up?

You're sleeping through your lives you see.

Until you change them I am left

In sorrow for eternity."

Who`s the author View ?..

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By *iew OP Man
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Don't know dude, was looking for Carol Ann Duffy's poem as read out at the end of the programme and found that one... under her name on google under war poems

still can't find the other

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't know dude, was looking for Carol Ann Duffy's poem as read out at the end of the programme and found that one... under her name on google under war poems

still can't find the other

Its a really powerful poem....sounds like a WW1 poem, but thats not important, neither is the author...mabye its anonymity adds to its potentency...

Ta fer posting it mucker..

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

Was it the one that was on a while ago?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The poem on the programme is called "Repatriation Day" - by Carol Ann Duffy.

The poem posted above by View was composed by Doug E. Barr and is called "Soldier's Lament"

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