My poem "Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field" was selected by the OCR

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

My poem titled, "Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field" has been selected by the (OCR)...


My poem titled, "Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field" has been selected by the (OCR)...
This request was sent here directly to Jim, although the poem is also presented, at PoetrySoup.com.
I have given my permission because I view it as a most worthy cause(education) and am honored they considered this poem..
If anybody, can give me more information on this British organization, either here in comment or by way of private message here, I'd appreciate it very much.
Thanks...

Below is a copy of the official request, given as reference of the organization requesting educational use of my poem.-Tyr

From: Stina Cuthbert <ocr.copyright@ocr.org.uk>
Subject: Copyright permission request from OCR #3 - 20180088

Message Body:
On 14th February 2018 and 13th March 2018 I wrote to you to request permission to reproduce copyright material. As yet, I have not received any response from you, so am writing again to remind you of the request. I am writing on behalf of Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR), to inform you that an item for which we believe you to be the copyright holder has been selected to appear in one of our forthcoming exam papers. We would therefore like to request your permission to use the material, in an electronic format via our website after the exam has been sat. The exam paper will be made publicly available online for five years, from August 2020.

When considering granting permission, it may help you to know that OCR is an exempt charity and, as such, a not for profit organisation; it is a subsidiary of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. Please email us at ocr.copyright@ocr.org.uk and we can send you a copy of the exam material we would like to use.

Kind Regards
Stina Cuthbert

Edited to add the poem..--Tyr

Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)

Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed of vast and cold hard land
quick temper, power of a surging flood.
Seeker of life, its promised mysteries
rash gambler with all he would ever own.
Born on ship in high wind swept, roaring seas
toughest warrior his town had ever grown.

Met his fate by volley of red-hot lead
buried on ground scared and battle blasted.
Aye boys, fodder that machine guns were fed
fools marching to death, long as it lasted.

Now flowers cover up and Time denies
scenes of battle torn soil and blood-red skies.

R.J. Lindley
April 23rd, 1975

SONNET-(DEATH AND WAR'S FUTILITY)
Tribute to Courage of Youth-- Second Battle of Ypres, April 22nd 1915 .

Note- added - 8-26-2017

Wiki-
The name Flanders Fields is particularly associated with battles that took place in the Ypres Salient, including the Second Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Passchendaele. For most of the war, the front line ran continuously from south of Zeebrugge on the Belgian coast, across Flanders Fields into the centre of Northern France before moving eastwards — and it was known as the Western Front.

The phrase originates from a poem titled In Flanders Fields by Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, inspired by his service during the Second Battle of Ypres. The fields were not maintained for years before they were made into a memorial. Today Flanders Fields is home to thousands of poppies.

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Found this while rummaging through some of my old poems. Decided not to edit it. Leave it as it was composed over 42 years ago..
Added the note for those not familiar with that battle and its horrific carnage, primarily from the insanity of large bodies of troops marching into direct machine gun fire.

Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2017