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Writings From the Heart

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A book of Poetry & Writing

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Comment from adewpearl
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athiest - atheists - fix spelling and add an S
radios calls bursts - check that phrasing out

You have this categorized as prose - historical fiction, but you have it formatted like free verse poetry - which do you intend it to be?

You create atmosphere effectively with excellent descriptive detail and use of lots of jargon appropriate to that situation. This piece has strong emotional appeal as it takes the reader inside this war. Brooke

 Comment Written 03-May-2010


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    thank you for reading Brooke
Comment from hoopinzero
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First off let me just tell you that this is truly a great peice of writing. When I red this I felt like I was actualy in the war experiencing everything that the soldiers were. My grandfather was in WWW 2 and he would often tell me stories of his time over their and I have to say that I can allmost here these very words coming from his mouth. Great work. I look forward to reading more of you writings.

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    thank you
Comment from RADIO
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Excellent write and very interesting
the way you told this. I've read much of these so called troubles still trying to understand all those undercurrents
that flowed through this time. You write as one who
has been there. I have ancestors from Northern Ireland
and also near Dublin.
Excellent writing, enjoyed your views.
Radio

 Comment Written 03-May-2010


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    thank you for reading Radio
Comment from cheyennewy
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Hi deepwater,

At first I didn't care too much for the style you used to write this story. But the more I read the more I liked it. You have described in detail what it means to be a soldier at war. Well done, chey

 Comment Written 03-May-2010


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    thank you
Comment from bhogg
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Unusually written - I wasn't sure I was going to like, short snippets describing a larger picture. I've been in the military, and felt it was pretty descriptive of the nuance of getting ready. There are a lot more visible disturbances going on around the world, but you bring one up often forgotten. A couple of spags

Rubble (Rubber?)

athirst (athiest maybe?)




 Comment Written 03-May-2010


reply by the author on 03-May-2010
    Thank for the comments bh
Comment from AlvinTEthington
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You capture very well the horrors of the war in Northern Ireland, which most of us have forgotten. It is good to remind readers, in this day of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, of that war and the deaths it caused. Deathly quiet is a horrifying but all too true phrase.

 Comment Written 03-May-2010


reply by the author on 03-May-2010
    Thank you for reading Alvin
reply by AlvinTEthington on 03-May-2010
    You're welcome.
Comment from Donna Thompson
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Men on rooftops disappears (disappear) like ghosts,

only spag noted above.. great job of visualization.. well done. I loved the flow and description used.

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    thanks for reading Donna
Comment from kintesiegel
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i like the technique that you used for this, that is, using various small events to describe the overall plot and action. nice jjob

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 Comment Written 03-May-2010


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    thank you