{"id":43,"date":"2014-07-03T11:29:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T11:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2014-08-08T11:34:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:34:34","slug":"letter-to-an-unknown-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/letter-to-an-unknown-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to an Unknown Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all have a British soldier from WWI in the family. Only now can we recognise them. This is dedicated to them<\/em>. Part of the “Letter to an Unknown Soldier<\/a>” project.<\/p>\n

\"Letter-to-an-Unknown-Soldier\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Far from home, arais i Eireann
\nYou do not speak your own language, nor do I,
\nNor the language of those who fight,
\nNeath a summers Flemish sky.<\/p>\n

Denied by your own, as we denied one of ours\u2026
\nOnly as peace returns to our native land
\nIs it OK to speak of you and yours,
\nIn a boycott you cannot understand\u2026<\/p>\n

For a mere 150 or so years before,
\nWhen entry to the British army was denied,
\nBeing Irish and Catholic, now by your own forbidden,
\nAs its for our enemy you fought and died\u2026<\/p>\n

Irish soldier in English uniform,
\nWhat change has come to our continent,
\nNow accepted \u2013 and about time! \u2013 and remembered
\nSleep you in your grave content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all have a British soldier from WWI in the family. Only now can we recognise them. This is dedicated to them. Part of the “Letter to an Unknown Soldier” project. Far from home, arais i Eireann You do not speak your own language, nor do I, Nor the language …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,96],"tags":[100,99,98],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-great-war","category-war-poetry","tag-first-world-war","tag-irish-in-the-british-army","tag-letter-to-an-unknown-soldier","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-H","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2048,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ar-dheis-de-go-raibh-a-hanam\/","url_meta":{"origin":43,"position":0},"title":"Ar Dheis D\u00e9 go Raibh a hanam","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th July 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Remembering the fallen Irish of both world wars, who were forgotton due to the stigma of being in the British Army Their pain now passed, and families Who were left behind when they did die Can now speak public of the unspoken Who for another flag did die. 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