Frank Marchese, adjunct professor of psychology in the Faculty of Health, has written a poem in tribute to Canadian veterans. The poem, titled \"November Day Remembrance,\" addresses the difficulties faced by veterans who return from serving in the Canadian Forces to civilian life. \"There has been much in the media as of late, in anticipation of Remembrance Day, regarding the\u00a0adjustment difficulties of returning soldiers and personnel who have served in war zones,\" says Marchese.<\/p>\n
The York University community will gather today at the flagpole in the Harry W. Arthurs Common on the Keele campus to pay tribute to our veterans. Community members interested in attending the ceremony should gather in the Vari Hall Rotunda today at 10:15am prior to walking to the flagpole for the ceremony, which begins at 10:30am.<\/p>\n
November Day Remembrance<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking out upon the dark dank day And there beyond the confines of his life For it is not an ordinary November day And front and centre positions the Color Guard Yet, there he stands at the window of his room And there beyond the confines of his life O\u2019 Courage could you not as well For it is not an ordinary November day \u201cOld soldiers never die, they just fade away.\u201d General Macarthur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Frank Marchese, adjunct professor of psychology in the Faculty of Health, has written a poem in tribute to Canadian veterans. The poem, titled \"November Day Remembrance\" addresses the difficulties faced by veterans who return from serving in the Canadian Forces to civilian life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":175295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yfileauthor":[],"qualifier":[],"yfile-author":[],"tags-to-show":[],"workflow":[],"class_list":["post-224733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":{"internal_publish_date":null,"original_image":null},"yoast_head":"\n
\nHis friends await him at meeting house, AA
\nYet there he stands at the window of his room
\nWeighed down engulfed in a perilous gloom.<\/p>\n
\nAs a band plays jolly-on with drum and fife
\nLegions of stalwart young assemble in green
\nAwaiting Bonnie Prince Charles and Camilla, his Queen.<\/p>\n
\nThe band makes music and mother\u2019s pray
\nFor those young lads and lassies in far off lands
\nHow goes the campaign today, in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
\nIn Toronto the good Varsity Stadium, a military yard
\nWith bayonets fixed in covered gloved-shields
\nNo trench warfare here just remembered dreams;
\nOf conflicts past and with those laid to rest
\nWho fought the good fight and yes we lost our best.<\/p>\n
\nHe wonders how became so engulfed in gloom
\nFor he can think of nothing, nothing, but his own plight
\nThe day that weighs upon him proceeds into dark night.<\/p>\n
\nThe band plays on with drum and fife
\nWhile legions of stalwart young assemble in green
\nThey\u2019ve sighted Bonnie Prince Charles and his Lady, now seen.<\/p>\n
\nIn the lonely heart by the window now dwell
\nSo as to bring his life redemption while he\u2019s still young and strong
\nDisplacing from his heart the despair he\u2019s borne, alone, so long.<\/p>\n
\nThe band makes music and the mother\u2019s pray
\nNot just for those in a far-off land
\nBut for the tortured souls in our midst that have been dealt
\na cruel hand.<\/p>\n