Letter: Youth submit Remembrance Day poems

Expositor Staff

Nov 10, 2026 - 2 min read

The memory of those who never came home honoured

Upon the dirt on which we stand

Upon the dirt on which we stand,

we now lie,

peaceful under which we fought.

Marked by crosses row on row.

We shall remember them,

we will remember those who fought for our country.

As we sit and enjoy Canada,

be sure to remember them.

We will forever be in debt to those who fought for our freedom.

The countless men and women who lost their lives shall not be forgotten.

Let us do what we can to help those that are still left;

such as the living veterans.

That is why we wear the poppies and commemorate a special day.

We do it to remember those who never came home.

We shall, we will remember them

by Austin Flikweert

I can only imagine.

I can only image what the two world wars would have been like, and how the people fighting for our freedom would have felt like…

I can only imagine what the soldiers would have gone through after the war was over; all the memories they struggled with.

I can only imagine how proud everyone would have been when the war was over and the soldiers walked the streets of London.

I can only imagine how proud the soldiers would have been when everyone started clapping.

I can only imagine what it would have been like to be the ones being fired at;

how scary it would have been.

I can only imagine what the world would be like today

if those men and women would not have fought for our freedom. I can only imagine the day I can meet those men and women that surrendered their lives for my generation,

so that we could have freedom and not have to worry.

I can only imagine how proud people are of their loved ones that fought in the world wars and how they won freedom.

All I have is what I have been told about the war,

but I have been taught to never forget who fought for me.

by Hope Flikweert

The idea from the song, “I Can Only Imagine,” by Bartt Millard.