tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post3939850362913648489..comments2024-03-24T01:58:13.060-04:00Comments on One Day at a Time: Soldier's PoemTaborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-29295524669321246112014-11-12T20:51:55.662-05:002014-11-12T20:51:55.662-05:00Hits you between the eyes, doesn't it. I'v...Hits you between the eyes, doesn't it. I've been listening to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast about World War I. It's absolutely fascinating and chilling stuff; and makes me appreciate our veterans even more.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-34881299746791616512014-11-12T06:18:32.796-05:002014-11-12T06:18:32.796-05:00His poem is very poignant, and kind of fits in tod...His poem is very poignant, and kind of fits in today's world.<br /><br />But nothing gets me more misty eyed and moved than the poppies in Flanders field. Every time I see a poppy I think of those we lost and I have such empathy and sorrow for them.<br /><br />His poem make me want to smack somebody.Perubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948233191244821909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-89083305214991179202014-11-12T00:28:15.800-05:002014-11-12T00:28:15.800-05:00Brilliant!
ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
...Brilliant!<br /><br /><br />ALOHA from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ComfortSpiral</a><br /> =^..^= . <3 . >< } } (°> <br /><br /><br />Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-1794252410867946202014-11-11T22:06:43.253-05:002014-11-11T22:06:43.253-05:00Powerful writing, and I'm sure it's very t...Powerful writing, and I'm sure it's very therapeutic for him. It's true that some go into it with romantic notions, but there are many who go in with eyes wide open, yet never hesitate. I give thanks to all of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-25937649359099798422014-11-11T21:47:22.977-05:002014-11-11T21:47:22.977-05:00Finally! A war poem I like. Finally! A war poem I like. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-44950400923630468862014-11-11T16:10:26.812-05:002014-11-11T16:10:26.812-05:00This is beautiful. His writing must be a wonderfu...This is beautiful. His writing must be a wonderful release for his bitterness, anger, grief - so many emotions.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-82089090962924623342014-11-11T15:05:54.202-05:002014-11-11T15:05:54.202-05:00War isn't glorious, it's a horrible thing ...War isn't glorious, it's a horrible thing that is sometimes necessary, when you are attacked first. So sad.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-18071650349944488542014-11-11T14:13:57.525-05:002014-11-11T14:13:57.525-05:00This is the kind of thing that wouldn't ring t...This is the kind of thing that wouldn't ring true if I wrote it, but it means a whole lot coming from somebody like Danny.<br />Veteran's Day is always a sad day; I never think of it as glorifying war. It's just...sad.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-84316420857688166872014-11-11T12:54:05.197-05:002014-11-11T12:54:05.197-05:00I have respect for those who have served, but this...I have respect for those who have served, but this I respect the sentiments expressed in the poem.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-60899420080827527242014-11-11T12:43:13.504-05:002014-11-11T12:43:13.504-05:00I can't warm to this. I see our Remembrance Da...I can't warm to this. I see our Remembrance Day as honouring those who served.. dead.. alive.. damaged. It's a thank you. It's respect. Of course we want war to be gone.. I have a son in the military. I want it GONE. But that's not our reality right now. There are still the suffering and the lost and the best we can do as individuals is show the the respect they deserve. I will Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-77200274892912952482014-11-11T12:11:11.682-05:002014-11-11T12:11:11.682-05:00Stephen, you have hit the nail on the head and I t...Stephen, you have hit the nail on the head and I think that is what this soldier is saying. We glorify with false sentiment instead of realizing when war is necessary.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-37098511410404082542014-11-11T11:49:46.791-05:002014-11-11T11:49:46.791-05:00If wars were defined by bitterness and grief, ther...If wars were defined by bitterness and grief, there might be fewer of them than when we glorify wars with false sentiment and heroics.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-65852503037415455642014-11-11T11:35:27.698-05:002014-11-11T11:35:27.698-05:00The Army wasn't my home nor was it Georges. H...The Army wasn't my home nor was it Georges. He always wanted to be an officer. I just wanted to be far from home. Sometimes even the young find out they don't belong in the military. LOL If nothing else, I got a lot of years of college paid for via the GI Bill.Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-67513933382957889162014-11-11T09:32:24.695-05:002014-11-11T09:32:24.695-05:00Hmm, interesting to see the bitterness in this poe...Hmm, interesting to see the bitterness in this poem. But each person has experiences from serving, and they certainly have a right to share them.Linda Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237332954767037400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8039370.post-38394289826861141332014-11-11T09:18:31.177-05:002014-11-11T09:18:31.177-05:00Thank you for sharing this. It is the only one I&...Thank you for sharing this. It is the only one I've read that is written by someone who wrote it from experience.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386388066709376768noreply@blogger.com