Writings From the Heart
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Comment from MM lives on :)
Hello poet thank you for this historical and interesting poem that I was not actually aware of, I will have to google and read more on this intriguing subject. Great poem!
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Hello poet thank you for this historical and interesting poem that I was not actually aware of, I will have to google and read more on this intriguing subject. Great poem!
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thank you for this
Gary
Comment from victor 66
What I remembered from "All Quiet on The Western Front", was the main character mentioning being wary of the body rats, that lived off the dead soldiers that they couldn't reach or couldn't bury. In Vietnam, fifty some years later, the large rodents were still considered "body rats", that would craw over us in our bunkers at night while we tried to sleep. Will it ever change? Thank you for sharing.
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What I remembered from "All Quiet on The Western Front", was the main character mentioning being wary of the body rats, that lived off the dead soldiers that they couldn't reach or couldn't bury. In Vietnam, fifty some years later, the large rodents were still considered "body rats", that would craw over us in our bunkers at night while we tried to sleep. Will it ever change? Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 23-Aug-2014
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thank you
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You are again, welcome.
Comment from Fridayauthor
Very thoughtful poem of a war and time that doesn't get much attention now days. Not even in the history books nor the schools. It's easy to forget the number lost so much time has past.
I spent many a Memorial Day...they used to call it Decoration Day, placing geraniums on graves with little flags...
Very nice tribute to them...
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Very thoughtful poem of a war and time that doesn't get much attention now days. Not even in the history books nor the schools. It's easy to forget the number lost so much time has past.
I spent many a Memorial Day...they used to call it Decoration Day, placing geraniums on graves with little flags...
Very nice tribute to them...
Comment Written 23-Aug-2014
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thank you
Comment from nancy_e_davis
The picture and your notes are extremely sad. The dear soldier looks so forsaken, like he has given up hope. All of his friends are gone and he is sitting in mud, clothes saturated, destruction all around. And we wonder why they won't talk about their war experience. Who would want to go there even in their mind. Great poem here my friend. Well done. Nancy
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The picture and your notes are extremely sad. The dear soldier looks so forsaken, like he has given up hope. All of his friends are gone and he is sitting in mud, clothes saturated, destruction all around. And we wonder why they won't talk about their war experience. Who would want to go there even in their mind. Great poem here my friend. Well done. Nancy
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thank you for this Nancy
Comment from barbara.wilkey
This well written poem describes the horrors of war. I am not sure why humans would want to continue these horrors but do. I would think tolerance of others would serve us better.
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This well written poem describes the horrors of war. I am not sure why humans would want to continue these horrors but do. I would think tolerance of others would serve us better.
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thank you Barbara
Comment from Linda England Bonam
You have done an excellent job of writing this poem. So true to life, and unfortuneatly in this case, death. I know you must have gotten a lot of great reviews from this one!
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You have done an excellent job of writing this poem. So true to life, and unfortuneatly in this case, death. I know you must have gotten a lot of great reviews from this one!
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Thank you Linda
Comment from Patrick G Cox
Hi deepwater,
A good memorial to a 17 year old killed in Flander's muddy fields. I have often wondered who, among those who were eager for a war to 'check German domination of Europe' (which probably would not have been as bad as our propagandists made out) ever imagined what horrors they were about to unleash? My grandfather was 16 when he went into battle on the first day of the Somme, and he was carried off the battlefield after three days in a shell hole with wound infested with maggots - which probably saved his life. He was one of the 'lucky' ones who survived, though he was demobbed in 1919 from the Royal Garrison Artillery having fought, by that time, at the Somme, Passchaendal and the later battles around Ypres. He was made Sergeant at the age of 17, though, in the military records he was 19 ...
As I said, one of the 'lucky' ones.
Patrick
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Hi deepwater,
A good memorial to a 17 year old killed in Flander's muddy fields. I have often wondered who, among those who were eager for a war to 'check German domination of Europe' (which probably would not have been as bad as our propagandists made out) ever imagined what horrors they were about to unleash? My grandfather was 16 when he went into battle on the first day of the Somme, and he was carried off the battlefield after three days in a shell hole with wound infested with maggots - which probably saved his life. He was one of the 'lucky' ones who survived, though he was demobbed in 1919 from the Royal Garrison Artillery having fought, by that time, at the Somme, Passchaendal and the later battles around Ypres. He was made Sergeant at the age of 17, though, in the military records he was 19 ...
As I said, one of the 'lucky' ones.
Patrick
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Thank you Patrick
Comment from Acquired Taste
The War to end all Wars. If only that would have been the true result. Beautifully worded poem about such a devastating time in our history. And as we know, history keeps repeating itself. Heart-rendering words, very good flow and tempo with this work. So sad, so very sad. AT=/
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The War to end all Wars. If only that would have been the true result. Beautifully worded poem about such a devastating time in our history. And as we know, history keeps repeating itself. Heart-rendering words, very good flow and tempo with this work. So sad, so very sad. AT=/
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Thanks AT
Comment from lynglyng
beautifully written with great flow. your words told a story that brought out the emotions of the reader. I enjoyed reading this poem and I liked the very appropriate picture you chose for this piece. Thank you for sharing. Blessings, LyngLyng
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beautifully written with great flow. your words told a story that brought out the emotions of the reader. I enjoyed reading this poem and I liked the very appropriate picture you chose for this piece. Thank you for sharing. Blessings, LyngLyng
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Thank you for this
Comment from Ekim777
A poem rich in imagery, smoothly executed revealing one of the most macabre and savage conflicts is history; entitled the War to end all Wars; no mean claim from among the 33,000 conflicts in all of recorded history. There is more irony than tragedy in poem as we realize the collective lunacy of it all. Poetically speaking, I like the final line best of all. -Ekim777
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A poem rich in imagery, smoothly executed revealing one of the most macabre and savage conflicts is history; entitled the War to end all Wars; no mean claim from among the 33,000 conflicts in all of recorded history. There is more irony than tragedy in poem as we realize the collective lunacy of it all. Poetically speaking, I like the final line best of all. -Ekim777
Comment Written 23-Aug-2014
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Thank you