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The phrase ‘’Lest We Forget’’ originates from a poem written by Rudyard Kipling for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The poem, five stanzas in length and comprised of six lines ...
Poems, speeches and stories have led tributes in the past, not all of which came custom-made for remembering the war exclusively. What is the origin of Lest We Forget? Lest We Forget traditionally ...
On BBC Breakfast, three poets discuss how writing is helping them process traumatic events A Poem to Remember is a new poetry competition launched to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the ...
However, where does the phrase "Lest we forget" originate from? Mirror Online breaks down the use of the historically iconic phrase. The phrase originates in a Victorian poem by writer Rudyard ...
The full poem of seven verses was originally published in the Times in September 2014 and composed in honour of the early heavy casualties on the Western Front. The fourth verse, Lest We Forget ...
Recited at Remembrance services in Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the poem serves as a secular prayer: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them ...
His life story alone would make for great reading. Part of the Montreal literary circle that included Irving Layton, Leonard Cohen and Louis Dudek, award-winning poet Avi Boxer stirred things up ...
The phrase ‘’Lest We Forget’’ originates from a poem written by Rudyard Kipling for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The poem, five stanzas in length and comprised of six lines ...