Senryu (a way out of Austria)
A family escapes an occupied country in WW257 total reviews
Comment from AnnieDawn
This has to be a take on The Sound Of Music movie. One of my most favorite and a classic. You have done a good job of bringing attention to that fact. Good luck in the contest. You have a winner here.
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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This has to be a take on The Sound Of Music movie. One of my most favorite and a classic. You have done a good job of bringing attention to that fact. Good luck in the contest. You have a winner here.
Comment Written 24-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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Thank you so much, AnnieDawn, for your great review of my "movie review" poem. Yes, you have it right, it's "The Sound of Music." I'm glad you read into my description and appreciate your thoughtful comments. It's one of my all-time favorites, too. May God bless you and your loved ones. Merry Christmas!
Comment from pome lover
very good description, in such a few words of the story of the Sound of Music. You also accompanied it with the perfect picture.
Loved that movie. Your poem and picture brought back fond memories.
Very good Haiku movie review.
pome lover
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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very good description, in such a few words of the story of the Sound of Music. You also accompanied it with the perfect picture.
Loved that movie. Your poem and picture brought back fond memories.
Very good Haiku movie review.
pome lover
Comment Written 24-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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Thank you very much, Pome Lover, for your excellent review of my poem, and for all your thoughtful comments. I recently watched part of the movie (recorded part of it, too) -- my mother called me, in a very nostalgic mood about younger days... so when I saw the prompt for this contest, it was fresh in my mind. Yes, sweet memories.
I googled free images of the Austrian countryside for the picture, but I had to find one that was just right. Wouldn't it be nice to be like a kid again, running and singing through those beautiful hills? It's breathtaking! Wishing you a blessed Christmas.
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and to you! thank you,
Katharine
Comment from rjuselius
This is a fine entry for this particular contest dear anonymous! You immediately know which movie the poem is about. It is a good sign.
Thank you for sharing!
Good luck!
Blessings and a larger than life hug!
Rebekka x
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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This is a fine entry for this particular contest dear anonymous! You immediately know which movie the poem is about. It is a good sign.
Thank you for sharing!
Good luck!
Blessings and a larger than life hug!
Rebekka x
Comment Written 24-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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Thank you very much, Rebekka, for your very upbeat and encouraging review of my senryu poem about the Sound of Music -- so glad you found it obvious :-)
Blessings and hugs sent to you, too!
Comment from fayesh
I gave 5 stars for fulfilling the syllable count correctly. However the last line was weak, in my opinion. Since you did not mention the name of the movie in the title, why not use it as the last line - the sound of music (5 syllables). You could also use "their" instead of "the".
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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I gave 5 stars for fulfilling the syllable count correctly. However the last line was weak, in my opinion. Since you did not mention the name of the movie in the title, why not use it as the last line - the sound of music (5 syllables). You could also use "their" instead of "the".
Comment Written 24-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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Thank you, Fayesh, for your excellent review and for the five stars. I didn't use the title of the movie anywhere, because I felt it would have been too obvious. The last line, "Over living hills," was a nod to a line in one of the movie's best loved songs, "The hills are alive, with the sound of music..."
Wishing you blessings and good health at Christmas and throughout the New Year.
Comment from Wendy G
What a wonderful movie to choose for your Serenyu. This is a beautiful poem, positive and happy, despite the reason for their escape, and the accompanying photo shows us why. Blessings at Christmas to you and your loved ones.
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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What a wonderful movie to choose for your Serenyu. This is a beautiful poem, positive and happy, despite the reason for their escape, and the accompanying photo shows us why. Blessings at Christmas to you and your loved ones.
Comment Written 24-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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Thank you very much, Wendy, for your excellent and lovely review. May God bless you too, and keep you and your loved ones safe at Christmas, and throughout the New Year.
Comment from Allezw2
To whomsoever,
It flies.
Though it perpetuates the myth so prettily presented on film. The reality was that the Trapp family walked down the train station and bought a ticket to take them out of Austria. It was NOT, as in NOT, the fraught with peril midnight hike over a mountain trail to escape the Gestapo.
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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To whomsoever,
It flies.
Though it perpetuates the myth so prettily presented on film. The reality was that the Trapp family walked down the train station and bought a ticket to take them out of Austria. It was NOT, as in NOT, the fraught with peril midnight hike over a mountain trail to escape the Gestapo.
Comment Written 24-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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Thank you very much for your excellent and honest review. I didn't know that there was an actual von Trapp family, never mind a real escape story to verify! I thought the entire thing was fictional, intended to call attention to the plight of others who may have had to escape under clandestine conditions. I do believe my "review" is true to the movie, however, which is possibly what you mean by your statement, "It flies" -- unless you like the poetry, or both. Wishing you blessings.
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They do have a fascinating story of their arrival in the United States and their lives here. You might like to track it down. Live long and and write well, Fantasist
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Dear Fantasist, although I clearly don't know their whole story yet, I have certainly learned a lot this morning (I'm up late, and now it's Thursday, technically Christmas Eve). After all these decades of not even knowing they were a real family, now I have just learned that they have a whole other, fascinating story just waiting to be discovered...they came to the United States? I don't know if that was their intention in the movie, or if they had some other ultimate plan. Thank you for your kind wishes, and for enlightening me; I will certainly follow up. Best wishes to you, too, for you, your family and your writing. Merry Christmas!
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There are so many accounts of refugees escaping from autocratic states. In the wake of WWII, the refugees from the NAZI Final Solution are the most heart-wrenching. The anti-German reaction in the states where the ethnic Germans supported the NAZI takeover of their governments resulted in massive deportations to Germany, already divided into Russian and Western armed forces. In the west, the German government forced the West Germans to board these deportees in an emergency measure that strained the Allied occupying forces resources. Stalin reacted to ethnic groups within the Soviet Union by internal deportation. This was particularly difficult for the ethnic Germans, known as the "Volga Germans" who came to Russia under the auspices of the German-born princess who became Catherine the Great. When Germany invaded Russia in June 1941, the internal security forces literally drove these people from their homes without warning, loaded them into cattle cars and dumped them in a far reach of Siberia without food or shelter. They perished by the thousands. Curiously, the multi-language popular German Schlager-singer, Helene Fischer, is an ethnic German descendent of one of those families. Her performances are on YouTube and worth the viewing. Live long and write well, Fantasist
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Thank you for the amazing historical information that I've never heard before -- although I have to admit that if one had given it some thought, it might not be impossible to predict some of those outcomes. It's very unfortunate that human nature often seems incapable of making finer distinctions in responding to perceived threats, leading to wholesale contempt for, and destruction of innocent life, or "collateral damage" as it has sometimes been called. Unfortunately, little has changed in the way we respond to people we see as different, and we often see some groups as a threat to our way of life -- regardless of whether that's actually true.
The treatment of the Volga Germans was heartless and horrendous! Thank you, again, for enlightening me. God bless you.
Comment from L. Kalere
What a clever play on words in the third line. Your Haiku pretty much sums up the entire movie (sans Nazis, thank goodness). The artwork is gorgeous. Best of luck in the contest.
Linda
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reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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What a clever play on words in the third line. Your Haiku pretty much sums up the entire movie (sans Nazis, thank goodness). The artwork is gorgeous. Best of luck in the contest.
Linda
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Comment Written 24-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2020
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Thank you very much for excellent and insightful review, Linda. Yes, I think the Nazis have done enough damage -- their role is implied. Anyway, the von Trapps got out with their honor intact. God bless you and Merry Christmas!