"Tnye Cot"
when you left
for the front
you were
living heroes
and now
you are on top
of the hill
where only
poppies
blow..........
© Jan Theuninck
In the cortensteel wall of the new
library in Zonnebeke, Belgium, you can read a poessay by
Belgian painter and poet Jan Theuninck with the title Tyne Cot, named after Tyne Cot Cemetery,
the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces on the continent. The building, which color refers
to the war, is an artwork by architect Wim Supply, who tried to give a future to the past.
The library is located in the Chateau Park
where you also find the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.
Belgian painter and poet Jan Theuninck with the title Tyne Cot, named after Tyne Cot Cemetery,
the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces on the continent. The building, which color refers
to the war, is an artwork by architect Wim Supply, who tried to give a future to the past.
The library is located in the Chateau Park
where you also find the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.
"Tyne Cot"
toen Jullie
naar het front
trokken
waren Jullie
levende helden
en nu
llggen Jullie
op de heuvel
waar alleen
papavers bloelen
© Jan Theuninck