In These Fields I Lay
Long forgottenunknown they sayI had loved onesa beautiful shy girlwaiting for me at homemist in her eyes wondering whyparents who caredthey came up the hard wayknew what it was aboutMy genealogy a...
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Quote: the whole worldwould see the mask of gloryfor what it washorror upon horror upon horror I love these lines. Nice job Mar
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Very poignant, Doug.I really get into your unique/fragmented style and very much enjoy reading your work.Daniel
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I wish it really was the war to end all wars. God Bless those who died for us.Suzanne
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Mar's quote is the linch-pin of your poem. And the precursor to the obvious question: after all these centuries, why can our species not stop committing the same error?Gaer
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Highlights the utter futility of war. The waste of human potential for no good reason any one of the young men who died could well have altered the course of human life for the better. The cream of...
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Thank you for writing this, Doug - it strikes at the essential idiocy of war - and of terror, since that now seems to be the successor to war.
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Mar my apologies for the lateness of my reply but I just bought a new computer and that kept me quite busy lately!!It seems like a million years ago I was in a Canadian army regiment called Royal...
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Daniel "unique/fragmented" describes me to a tee, lol!! Thanks for your kind remarks!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Suzanne "the war to end all wars" how did we not learn from that one or WWII, we seem to want our own extinction, which is truly sad!!!Thanks for your comments!!!!!!!!LYTE thanks for your kind words!!!!
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Gaer it is indeed a "horror" the why is troublesome that we seem addicted to war and violence as a society!!!!Thanks for your perceptive comments!!!!!!!!!Ivor unfortunately the most common aspect of...
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davie "idiocy" indeed and now "terror" is the new reason for self extinction. We of course have to protect our countries from terrorism but the why and how should be up for debate!!!Thanks for your...
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