In that poem, Hardy writes that the soldier and the foe he killed might have shared a drink or loaned each other money had they met somewhere other than a battlefield.

It’s a simple video, a poem titled ‘A Soldier’s Christmas.’ It’s written by Michael Marks. We didn’t know him until we watched the video. Now, we feel as if we do.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Ben Parker shares with us a poem he wrote for a fallen soldier from his hometown of Leominster, 22-year-old PFC Jonathan Roberge, who was killed in action in Iraq on February ...