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We'll be pausing for two minutes at 11 o'clock today to mark Armistice day.

When we talked about the importance of remembering and the wearing of poppies a few weeks ago, we had such a big response that we kept in touch with some of the listeners we spoke to - many of whom were under 16.

Joshua Peters is nine years old and he has written some poems about remembrance. He'll be on the radio at about 10.50am today, and two others, both called Olivia, will read their poems about World War 2 after the silence.

Here's one of Joshua's poems I thought you might like to see:

Heaven is all around, Life in War 1914-1918

Lying without motion on the ground
The lost ones have been found.
The dead have been crowned.
Heaven is all around.
Those soldiers fought in war
With the Devil at their doors.
Now without a sound,
Heaven is all around.
Don't leave them there, for God's sake,
End their loved ones ache.
Heaven is here.

By Joshua Peters
Aged 9 yrs (March 2007)

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