What Price Courage?
Multiple Tetractys: A Family's Memory of WWII29 total reviews
Comment from Teri7
As always you write great work. This captured me in the wording. It was full of great imagery and very good wording. I wish the war would go away. God bless. Love, Teri
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As always you write great work. This captured me in the wording. It was full of great imagery and very good wording. I wish the war would go away. God bless. Love, Teri
Comment Written 11-Aug-2007
Comment from davidray
Loved it. You hit the nail right on the head, Mrs. KT. Having written a true story on my wife's great-grandfather who served in 'the Great War', I can truly appreciate the feelings that you captured in this poem. I hope we never are given the chance to forget the sacrifices that those man and women made.
David
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2007
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Loved it. You hit the nail right on the head, Mrs. KT. Having written a true story on my wife's great-grandfather who served in 'the Great War', I can truly appreciate the feelings that you captured in this poem. I hope we never are given the chance to forget the sacrifices that those man and women made.
David
Comment Written 07-Apr-2007
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2007
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Thank you david. . . and Happy Easter! diane
Comment from KalleeMerra
the real heroes are those who, unremarked upon, simply endure and do their duty, whether on the lines or at home. thanks for telling a bit of the story of one of them.
blessings,
kallee merra
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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the real heroes are those who, unremarked upon, simply endure and do their duty, whether on the lines or at home. thanks for telling a bit of the story of one of them.
blessings,
kallee merra
Comment Written 01-Apr-2007
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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Thank you for your kind review. I have wanted to share this story for many years. . . diane
Comment from dragonqueen1983
it was really brave of you to post such a personal poem. its well written and a great tribute to all the poeple who drowned that day. your did a good job here well done
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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it was really brave of you to post such a personal poem. its well written and a great tribute to all the poeple who drowned that day. your did a good job here well done
Comment Written 01-Apr-2007
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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Many thanks. . . Thank you for your kind review and thoughts. . . dian
Comment from Lokman
This was as visually stunning as it was incredible to read!!!
I'm not even sure where to start. The images and memories coalesced into one and created such an intense feeling of sadness in me that now I'm not sure what to do except go and hug my children.
Lokman
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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This was as visually stunning as it was incredible to read!!!
I'm not even sure where to start. The images and memories coalesced into one and created such an intense feeling of sadness in me that now I'm not sure what to do except go and hug my children.
Lokman
Comment Written 01-Apr-2007
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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Hug them tightly, Lokman. . . Thank you for your beautiful review. . .diane
Comment from NettieC
Hello Mrs KT,
What Price Courage? is an exceptional poem which tells of the tragic loss of one family's son in a manner which impacts us all. Bodie's capture and untimely death at the hands of is own countrymen is a legacy of war. He passed but the wounds inflicted by that one death were deep and never mended for so many. Each death in conflict leaves the same result.
Excellent presentation only enhances the impact of this piece.
Thank you so much for sharing,
love Nettie
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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Hello Mrs KT,
What Price Courage? is an exceptional poem which tells of the tragic loss of one family's son in a manner which impacts us all. Bodie's capture and untimely death at the hands of is own countrymen is a legacy of war. He passed but the wounds inflicted by that one death were deep and never mended for so many. Each death in conflict leaves the same result.
Excellent presentation only enhances the impact of this piece.
Thank you so much for sharing,
love Nettie
Comment Written 31-Mar-2007
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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Thank you for your kind review and beautiful thoughts. . . diane
Comment from Kentucky Sweet Pea
Wow! That was so great! I am the daughter of an American Marine. I am the granddaughter of a WW! veteran and the niece of several WWII veterans and one with the Korean war also under his belt. I so relate, but the brother part is what moves me the most. I love my brothers so much! They are truly the brightest light of shining armour I have beyond a good husband and stepfather. They are blood and it hurts to think of ever losing them.
Thank you!
Penny
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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Wow! That was so great! I am the daughter of an American Marine. I am the granddaughter of a WW! veteran and the niece of several WWII veterans and one with the Korean war also under his belt. I so relate, but the brother part is what moves me the most. I love my brothers so much! They are truly the brightest light of shining armour I have beyond a good husband and stepfather. They are blood and it hurts to think of ever losing them.
Thank you!
Penny
Comment Written 31-Mar-2007
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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Hello Penny! I am so pleased that you enjoyed my offering. . . diane
Comment from Jerry1111
Your writing does tug at heart strings and also pays high tribute to one of the men who went through hell in a small part of that war. I saw nothing wrong and nothing I would want to change.
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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Your writing does tug at heart strings and also pays high tribute to one of the men who went through hell in a small part of that war. I saw nothing wrong and nothing I would want to change.
Comment Written 31-Mar-2007
reply by the author on 02-Apr-2007
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Thank you so much for your kind review! I have wanted to share that story for a long time. . . diane
Comment from rhymerfortyniner
This is a very well poem written in tetractys form, telling a very special but heartbreaking family story. Your imagery is superb, emotion is very strong, and syllabic count is perfect right to the last stanza, where you are missing the three-syllable line. I will still give you the 5 stars, as I'm sure it was just an oversight, and the rest of the poem is done to perfection. Verna
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2007
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This is a very well poem written in tetractys form, telling a very special but heartbreaking family story. Your imagery is superb, emotion is very strong, and syllabic count is perfect right to the last stanza, where you are missing the three-syllable line. I will still give you the 5 stars, as I'm sure it was just an oversight, and the rest of the poem is done to perfection. Verna
Comment Written 30-Mar-2007
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2007
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Hello Verna! Thank you for the kind review,, but I am a little confused about the stars and the missing 3 syllable line. . . I'm pretty sure it is all there. Could you possibly go back and revisit? I did go away from my computer for a few moments, and there was a snafu. . . but it really is all there!! Oh goodness! diane
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Yes, it is all there now, but I checked 3 times when I was reviewing and it was not. I don't know what could have happened. Also, I thought I'd given you 5 stars, but I see only 4! I will revise that for you. It certainly is worth the 5 stars. Sorry for the inconvenience. Verna
Comment from Josipher32
Man, you should have entered this into my "Tetractys" poetry contest! This is fantastic! Question: "Air Corps: Sergeant William A. Kenel." Shouldn't that line be 4 syllables instead of 9? Question #2: "to discard it" is 4 syllables. At that point, shouldn't that line be 3 syllables?
RE_REVIEW: the only thing wrong is that "Air Corps:" line has 9 syllables instead of 10.
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2007
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Man, you should have entered this into my "Tetractys" poetry contest! This is fantastic! Question: "Air Corps: Sergeant William A. Kenel." Shouldn't that line be 4 syllables instead of 9? Question #2: "to discard it" is 4 syllables. At that point, shouldn't that line be 3 syllables?
RE_REVIEW: the only thing wrong is that "Air Corps:" line has 9 syllables instead of 10.
Comment Written 30-Mar-2007
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2007
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Ahhhhhhhhhh. . . what you saw is what happens when one's college aged daughter arrives home and one presses the "save" button after playing with her verse and steps away for just a moment. . . Damn! It was all there. . . I just should never have pressed the button. . . Take Care. . . diane
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I will re-review if you wish, let me know.
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Oh. . . please do. . . I would appreciate that! I am truly "button impaired" on this site. . . if you only knew the horrors. . . But my daughter is safely home. . . and I am once again writing.
Thank you again. . . diane
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One part of it is still wrong. Left message in the review itself.
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Good Morning!
Well, I figured out the problem: You are pronouncing William as "Will-yum," and my family always has pronounced Uncle Bill's name as
"Wil-lee-yum." That is due in large part because of my grandmother's way of pronouning it - always emphasizing the "li." I have no idea if that was because her French/Scottish heritage, but it always had three syllables. She had a brother named William and a grandson - all were pronounced with 3 syllables
Our last name is Swiss, and it is pronounced, "Ken-nel;" however, it has always been pronounced, "Keen -ell" by strangers - probably in deference to folks not wanting to offend by thinking they were pronouncing the same name as dog's house.
I will note this for future readers
Take Care. . . diane
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Since the dialect was intentional, I gave you the benefit of the doubt and changed my rating.
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Hello!
Thank you. If I ever have the opportunity to publish this, I will make a note of the pronunciation. It really did put a snafu in the whole line because if his first name had been pronounced with the 2 syllable count, I could have written the following: Army Air Corps: Sergeant William Kenel - omitting the initial "A."
Take Care,
diane
