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Arromanches.(Poem)

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| October 01, 2007 | Dunne, Lyle | COPYRIGHT 2007 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
ARROMANCHES 
The D-Day Museum, Sword Beach 
 
   No suffering's remembered here, 
   No graves, no fallen 
   No whiff of smoke or sweat or fear 
   No bugles calling. 
 
   The only red in the low-tide water 
   Is rusting mulberries; 
   No echo of small-arms fire or mortars: 
   Long-stilled the gunnery 
 
   No captured scream of shell or shelled 
   Assails our hearing 
   But our attention's fully held 
   By engineering. 
 
   And yes, quite an impressive feat 
   This man-made harbour 
   This motley but majestic fleet 
   ...

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