Let Patriotism Stir
Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
by David Pekrul
I have heard Canadians say that Americans are just a bunch of 'flag wavers', and I have heard Americans say that Canadians are not very patriotic, or are embarrassed to be Canadian. Well, I am one proud Canadian and I hope the following poem will encourage my Canadian brothers and sisters to wave that maple leaf flag just as hard as our American cousins wave the Stars and Stripes.
I love this place called Canada, my Heaven as it were,
A place of rugged wilderness and forests full of fir,
A land of snow and winter cold, an awesome place to live,
A place that has so very much and many things to give.
A place with Rocky Mountains and a place with prairies, flat,
A place with snow and tundra, and a place with Welcome Mat,
That welcomes those from nations which don't treat them with respect,
A place where they can plan their lives and know what to expect.
A place to raise their children and place to dream their dreams,
A place to know the promise of a life without Regimes,
A place to live in freedom and express the way they feel,
A place where they can really find the things that help them heal.
A place to live in harmony; a place where freedom dwells,
A place where they can live in peace, not listening for the shells
Which take the lives of innocents, the old and very young,
And lay them in the ditches as if they were common dung.
I love this place that many call their home, "The Great White North",
This place where people congregate or travel back and forth,
This place where peace and solitude are things we know so well,
Where friends and neigbours gather and where love and patience dwell.
The jewel of North America, a nation under God,
A land of awesome beauty, which is high and low and broad,
Let's rally round and sing her praise; defend and honour her,
And as we sing "O, Canada", let patriotism stir.
If this article is used in any publication, please send a copy of the publication to David Pekrul at
170 Carr Cres.
Okotoks, AB
T1S 1E3
Canada
E-Mail:dpekrul@gmail.com
A place of rugged wilderness and forests full of fir,
A land of snow and winter cold, an awesome place to live,
A place that has so very much and many things to give.
A place with Rocky Mountains and a place with prairies, flat,
A place with snow and tundra, and a place with Welcome Mat,
That welcomes those from nations which don't treat them with respect,
A place where they can plan their lives and know what to expect.
A place to raise their children and place to dream their dreams,
A place to know the promise of a life without Regimes,
A place to live in freedom and express the way they feel,
A place where they can really find the things that help them heal.
A place to live in harmony; a place where freedom dwells,
A place where they can live in peace, not listening for the shells
Which take the lives of innocents, the old and very young,
And lay them in the ditches as if they were common dung.
I love this place that many call their home, "The Great White North",
This place where people congregate or travel back and forth,
This place where peace and solitude are things we know so well,
Where friends and neigbours gather and where love and patience dwell.
The jewel of North America, a nation under God,
A land of awesome beauty, which is high and low and broad,
Let's rally round and sing her praise; defend and honour her,
And as we sing "O, Canada", let patriotism stir.
If this article is used in any publication, please send a copy of the publication to David Pekrul at
170 Carr Cres.
Okotoks, AB
T1S 1E3
Canada
E-Mail:dpekrul@gmail.com
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)I've never been to Canada David, but it is my native land. I am pure blooded Canadian French. My parents spoke to us kids in French I still understand the language but have a hard time speaking it. "I like you poem very much"Thanks for your comments on this one, David.The border is always open (although you need a passport these days). Come and visit anytime; I know you'd like it up here.
David, this is almost a song. It rings with pride in your country, as it should. I love Canada, I have been up there before, in Calgary, even went skiing when I was a kid in Indiana.....we loved it up there......You do your country proud, and I am proud to know you......Your friend in pen, and fan........Gary.You've been to Calgary!! - that's great! That's were I live - actually I live about 35KM south in a smaller town called Okotoks. I worked for Canadian Airlines in Calgary for many years. Now I am retired from that career and work in Okotoks and another town just south of us called High River. I work in a funeral home in those towns.
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