Several people have posted “In Flanders Fields” to their journals today. I’m posting another thoughtful poem from that time…<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you news of my boy Jack?\u201d \u201cHas any one else had word of him?\u201d \u201cOh, dear, what comfort can I find?\u201d Then hold your head up all the more, ~~~~~~~~Rudyard Kipling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Several people have posted “In Flanders Fields” to their journals today. I’m posting another thoughtful poem from that time… \u201cHave you news of my boy Jack?\u201d Not this tide. \u201cWhen d\u2019you think that he\u2019ll come back?\u201d Not with this wind … Continue reading
\nNot this tide.<\/em>
\n\u201cWhen d\u2019you think that he\u2019ll come back?\u201d
\nNot with this wind blowing, and this tide.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNot this tide.
\nFor what is sunk will hardly swim,
\nNot with this wind blowing, and this tide.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNone this tide,
\nNor any tide,
\nExcept he did not shame his kind \u2014
\nNot even with that wind blowing, and that tide.<\/p>\n
\nThis tide,
\nAnd every tide;
\nBecause he was the son you bore,
\nAnd gave to that wind blowing and that tide!<\/em><\/p>\n