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Comment from Patty Palmer
Exceptional
This work has reached the exceptional level

Your poem is filled with history and family and the feeling of pride and love the entire way through. Your author's notes explain even more. Great job!
Patty

 Comment Written 09-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 10-Mar-2020
    Hello Patty!
    Thank you for your exceptional rating and complimentary review!
    I am so pleased my words resonated with you!

    Thank you!
    diane
Comment from Gideon300
Exceptional
This work has reached the exceptional level

This poem brings the wet stuff to my eyes. I can't imagine what your father went through when those letters were returned. Fear and hope probably.
This was a beautiful poem.

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 10-Mar-2020
    Hello Gideon!
    Oh no!
    "Wet stuff?"
    Me, too!
    Thank you for your exceptional rating and heartfelt review!
    So pleased my words resonated with you.

    Thank you!
    diane
Comment from Robert Zimmerman
Exceptional
This work has reached the exceptional level

Hello Diane. Reading a little of the back story added to the impact of the poem. It's extremely well-written. It chronicles some wonderful, and some sad, memories. It tells a lot about the lives of some very honorable people. It reads like a saga.

Well-written.

Robert

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 10-Mar-2020
    Hello Robert,
    Thank you for your exceptional rating and complimentary review.
    So pleased my words resonated with you...

    Thank you!
    diane
reply by Robert Zimmerman on 10-Mar-2020
    You're welcome
Comment from lyenochka
Excellent
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Thanks for sharing your journey through your family's treasured papers, Diane! And I do remember about your heroic uncle, who perished with his fellow soldiers. Your family stayed strong and healed through faith.

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 10-Mar-2020
    Hello Helen,
    So pleased you enjoyed.

    Thank you!
    diane
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
Excellent
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You did a great job, Mrs KT, detailing your thought/feelings about those treasured letters. Readers can feel the impact they had on you and will have on your children. Your lines read well with great flow, imagery, rhymes, and heartfelt words. Thanks for sharing. Respectfully, Jan

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 10-Mar-2020
    Hello Jan,
    Thank you for your excellent rating and complimentary review.
    I am very pleased that my words resonated with you...

    Thank you!
    diane
Comment from Iza Deleanu
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You wrote this poem straight from your heart the emotions bleeds every line and choice of words, but it brings up a moment of history that we can only see it through the eyes of someone who witnessed. Thank you for sharing and good luck with your next writing.

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 08-Mar-2020
    Hello Iza,
    Thank you for your excellent rating.
    I'm a bit confused about your review as I am not certain what you mean by "only see it through the eyes of someone who witnessed."
    And "good luck with your next writing."

    Take Care!
    diane
Comment from lauralumummu
Excellent
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Wow-what a Christmas present. The line to hear your father's voice again spoke to me and I felt some of your emotion. This is wonderful and sad but beautifully poignant, God bless you, Laura. xo

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 08-Mar-2020
    Hello Laura,
    So pleased my words resonated with you.

    Thank you!
    diane
Comment from Willie P. Smith
Exceptional
This work has reached the exceptional level

This is an exceptional letter of love. your father must of had a very warm
heart. So sad they were not sent, but very good that you found them.
Your poem is seeped with the love you had with him. Exceptional work.

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 08-Mar-2020
    Hello Willie,
    I am honored by your exceptional rating and complimentary review.
    I am just amazed that these letters traveled from Michigan to the Philippines and back to Michigan during wartime and have been in my father's Navy book for nearly 80 years...And I only found them in December...

    Thank you again, Willie!
    diane
Comment from Boogienights
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This poem made me cry. What a wonderful treasure to find, it was like you were guided to it by your father's spirit. My dad was also in WW2 but never wanted to tslk about it. I'm so glad you shared this experience, it got me thinking about my dad again and all the love he gave his family.

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 10-Mar-2020
    Hello Boogienights,
    Thank you for your excellent rating and thoughtful review.
    So pleased my words resonated with you; it made me cry as well...

    Thank you!
    diane
reply by Boogienights on 10-Mar-2020
Comment from diamondbogle
Excellent
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I really liked this one. I enjoyed that it was a story and had meaning to it. It flowed really nicely to. It made me see all kinds of images in my head. Very well done.

 Comment Written 08-Mar-2020


reply by the author on 10-Mar-2020
    Hello!
    So pleased you enjoyed!
    Thank you!
    diane