Writings From the Heart
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Comment from marion
Hi
Beautifully penned. I have heard about London Blitz from an elderly lady who was there as a child. She talked about the bombs and had a special name for them, I can't recall off-hand. The nightmare, and listening to the bombs has never left her mind.
I like how you ended.
Stunning/heart rendering presentation.
Marion
reply by the author on 07-Aug-2014
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Hi
Beautifully penned. I have heard about London Blitz from an elderly lady who was there as a child. She talked about the bombs and had a special name for them, I can't recall off-hand. The nightmare, and listening to the bombs has never left her mind.
I like how you ended.
Stunning/heart rendering presentation.
Marion
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
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Thank you Marion
Comment from royowen
I was born in Liverpool, England in 1942, during the height of Germany bombing England, at this time! I enjoyed you're writing about the London blitz during 1942! Well written, articulate with stark imagery of this time! I loved the photo, it could have been me, a few years later! Well done, blessings, Roy.
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I was born in Liverpool, England in 1942, during the height of Germany bombing England, at this time! I enjoyed you're writing about the London blitz during 1942! Well written, articulate with stark imagery of this time! I loved the photo, it could have been me, a few years later! Well done, blessings, Roy.
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
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Thank you Roy
Comment from Leineco
You have written a very realistic, yet poetic, vignette - that brings to mind the very terror and mind-numbing existence that hung over London during the horrible years of the nightly bombing blitz. Nicely presented :-)
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You have written a very realistic, yet poetic, vignette - that brings to mind the very terror and mind-numbing existence that hung over London during the horrible years of the nightly bombing blitz. Nicely presented :-)
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
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Thank you
Comment from livelylinda
deepwater: how does one emotionally survive bombings like that? I can't even imagine. The property destruction, emotional distress, injury and death of relatives and neighbors, the list goes on and on and on. How could you end the nightmares from this experience? They have to be there. But, you see people just pick up scraps from the debris and begin rebuilding their lives. I guess we all have strength we don't realize. Thanks for writing this poem. It reminds me of the pain of others. livelylinda
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deepwater: how does one emotionally survive bombings like that? I can't even imagine. The property destruction, emotional distress, injury and death of relatives and neighbors, the list goes on and on and on. How could you end the nightmares from this experience? They have to be there. But, you see people just pick up scraps from the debris and begin rebuilding their lives. I guess we all have strength we don't realize. Thanks for writing this poem. It reminds me of the pain of others. livelylinda
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Thank you Linda
Comment from Ben Colder
Germany really put the hurt on England during WWII but America came to their rescue. Together as faithful allies to each other Berlin and other places looked worse. Well done poet. Shalom.
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Germany really put the hurt on England during WWII but America came to their rescue. Together as faithful allies to each other Berlin and other places looked worse. Well done poet. Shalom.
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
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Shalom Ben thank you
Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin
Hi GW,
Nice dedication. One can't imagine what people went through during such times. Just too hard to fathom.
Cheers & Blessings
Keep Smilin'.... Jax ('-')
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Hi GW,
Nice dedication. One can't imagine what people went through during such times. Just too hard to fathom.
Cheers & Blessings
Keep Smilin'.... Jax ('-')
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
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Thank you Jax
Comment from adewpearl
powerful illustration
excellent detail of setting
good assonance in safe haven
good alliteration in death and destruction and siren sings
powerful expression of soulful emotion
a strong ending about the resilience of the human spirit in the most trying of times
Brooke
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powerful illustration
excellent detail of setting
good assonance in safe haven
good alliteration in death and destruction and siren sings
powerful expression of soulful emotion
a strong ending about the resilience of the human spirit in the most trying of times
Brooke
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
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Thank you Brooke
Comment from rjuselius
this is a fabulous piece of poetic art! signalling world war II and the mundane tasks that people have to do, is not an easy element.
thank you for sharing!
i hear the sirens.
rebekka x
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this is a fabulous piece of poetic art! signalling world war II and the mundane tasks that people have to do, is not an easy element.
thank you for sharing!
i hear the sirens.
rebekka x
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
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Thank you Rebekah
Comment from Acquired Taste
This is beautifully written. I cannot imagine living through the blitz - and your photo is perfect. I simply cannot get my mind around the fear they all must have suffered ..and some likely still do.
You appear to have captured the intensity of hearing that siren scream, the rush for cover and the beating hearts of those cowered in a basement hope they survive.
Very nicely done on such a sad time in our history. AT=/
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This is beautifully written. I cannot imagine living through the blitz - and your photo is perfect. I simply cannot get my mind around the fear they all must have suffered ..and some likely still do.
You appear to have captured the intensity of hearing that siren scream, the rush for cover and the beating hearts of those cowered in a basement hope they survive.
Very nicely done on such a sad time in our history. AT=/
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
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Thank you At=/
Comment from emrpoems
Excellent commentary on the experience of those who lived through the war. you have captured the emotions of this little boy and by extension all victims.
We will have another war and it will be even worse since the weapons will be more destructive.
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Excellent commentary on the experience of those who lived through the war. you have captured the emotions of this little boy and by extension all victims.
We will have another war and it will be even worse since the weapons will be more destructive.
Comment Written 07-Aug-2014
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Thank you