Faith of a child.
Heguenots (Protestants) slaughtered for their faith.15 total reviews
Comment from l.raven
Hi Kay, your story is very well told...and so very sad...but now both faith live together...I love your poems...always learning...so very well written you...a great write sweet girl...Luff Linda xxoo love
reply by the author on 18-Aug-2015
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Hi Kay, your story is very well told...and so very sad...but now both faith live together...I love your poems...always learning...so very well written you...a great write sweet girl...Luff Linda xxoo love
Comment Written 18-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 18-Aug-2015
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Hello Possum, Thanks for dropping in; not a happy story/poem but know the truth and the truth shall set you free - 30.000 people were burnt at the stake in the days of the Reformation. Lots of Luv and a big hug too! ;-) XX K.
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you are so welcome sweet one...so wrong...lots of Luff back at ya...bigger hugs to ya...smiling...xxoo
Comment from Selina Stambi
Hello Kay,
Your story poems are always a pleasure to read. Good rhyming couplets and a sad narrative from a tragic slice of history.
You made this horrible event very personal, told through the voice a young child.
Best wishes for the contest, my dear.
Love,
Sonali
reply by the author on 18-Aug-2015
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Hello Kay,
Your story poems are always a pleasure to read. Good rhyming couplets and a sad narrative from a tragic slice of history.
You made this horrible event very personal, told through the voice a young child.
Best wishes for the contest, my dear.
Love,
Sonali
Comment Written 18-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 18-Aug-2015
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Hello Sonali! Nice to hear from you; glad you liked the story/poem. Blessings, Kay.
Comment from Alan K Pease
One could change in names of Catholics and Huguenots to ISIS and Kurdish or Absiniy (? sp) and your world would have the same thing whether recanting faith or being burned at the stake. Who is to be brave in the light of that history. It simply happens again and again. There were mercenaries then and now. Trump advocates a mercenary army to fight a mercenary army with a splurge of faith against our faith - and who is Trump? Good poetics, rhyme, rhythm and message. The day should remind us what is going on around us. I am getting absent minded . Take care, Regards and love Alan
reply by the author on 18-Aug-2015
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One could change in names of Catholics and Huguenots to ISIS and Kurdish or Absiniy (? sp) and your world would have the same thing whether recanting faith or being burned at the stake. Who is to be brave in the light of that history. It simply happens again and again. There were mercenaries then and now. Trump advocates a mercenary army to fight a mercenary army with a splurge of faith against our faith - and who is Trump? Good poetics, rhyme, rhythm and message. The day should remind us what is going on around us. I am getting absent minded . Take care, Regards and love Alan
Comment Written 17-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 18-Aug-2015
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Ain't nothin' wrong with your grey matter! We haven't learnt much, lopping off heads instead of a BBQ. At least you knew what I was talking about! Some Americans didn't know what the Reformation was about? Thank you dear friend Alan. Love, Kay.
Comment from poetadeu
How horrific to cruelly burn other people
due to religion. So sad that we separate
ourselves from God in the name of God. How
can this be justified? Thank you for reminder
of those times in history. One of so many
terrible disputes.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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How horrific to cruelly burn other people
due to religion. So sad that we separate
ourselves from God in the name of God. How
can this be justified? Thank you for reminder
of those times in history. One of so many
terrible disputes.
Comment Written 16-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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Thank you poetadeu. The Reformation claimed 30,000 lives in England and France. All because Henry V111 wanted a divorce, Catholic church refused, Henry began the Church of England and heretics (non catholic Huguenots)were burned at the stake. Thanks, Kay.
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He is sung of by The Beatles, "I'm Henry
The Eighth I Am". Yippee. I like the truth of what was reality and you told
it...Thank you for sharing this part of
history. :}LOL
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Henry V111 was a despot, lecher, murderer and thought nothing of killing innocent people. He must be toasting marshmallows in hell now! :-}
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Yea...for the Saints.
Good reading...thanks! LOL:}Joyce
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He is sung of by The Beatles, "I'm Henry
The Eighth I Am". Yippee. I like the truth of what was reality and you told
it...Thank you for sharing this part of
history. :}LOL
Comment from mermaids
This is an excellent historical poem that captures well the slaughter of innocents. Your lines are smooth and you have a smooth rhyming of words. The reader feels for Michael, his loss of family and his horrible death.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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This is an excellent historical poem that captures well the slaughter of innocents. Your lines are smooth and you have a smooth rhyming of words. The reader feels for Michael, his loss of family and his horrible death.
Comment Written 16-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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Thanks so much for reading. Cheers, Kay.
Comment from Sasha
Excellent work with this one. This is really so sad and yet it is amazing how many Catholics refuse to believe anything bad was ever done in the name of their faith. I am an ex-Catholic so I remember what I was taught in school. No mention of any of the atrocities...so easy to just ignore.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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Excellent work with this one. This is really so sad and yet it is amazing how many Catholics refuse to believe anything bad was ever done in the name of their faith. I am an ex-Catholic so I remember what I was taught in school. No mention of any of the atrocities...so easy to just ignore.
Comment Written 16-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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The Reformation brought about 30,000 Huguenots burned at the stake. Nowadays, the RC church is crumbling. Cheers, Kay.,
Comment from Nosha17
How very wicked they were, that is a lot of people to die for having a different religion. Very informative poem with vivid imagery and good use of rhyming. This captures the essence of faith well, they would die for their religion. Good luck in the contest. faye
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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How very wicked they were, that is a lot of people to die for having a different religion. Very informative poem with vivid imagery and good use of rhyming. This captures the essence of faith well, they would die for their religion. Good luck in the contest. faye
Comment Written 16-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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Thank you Faye. Henry V111 wanted a divorce and the Catholic religion forbad it. So he began his own religion - Church of England. Over the years, 30,000 Huguenots died in the flames. Blessings, Kay.
Comment from Eigle Rull
This is a well written poem about history. This is one fact that I never knew. It is interesting because of that fact. It held my attention extremely well because of the way you told the story in verses. It was a pleasure to read, my friend. Best wishes to you.
Always with respect,
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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This is a well written poem about history. This is one fact that I never knew. It is interesting because of that fact. It held my attention extremely well because of the way you told the story in verses. It was a pleasure to read, my friend. Best wishes to you.
Always with respect,
Comment Written 16-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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Thanks so much my friend. The Reformation slaughtered 30,000 Huguenots that would not recant their faith. Love, Kay.
Comment from nancy_e_davis
Awesome picture. Awesome story in your poem Kay. What a terrible thing the Catholics did in the name of religion.
Good rhyme and it read smooth my friend Well done. Good luck. xxx Nancy
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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Awesome picture. Awesome story in your poem Kay. What a terrible thing the Catholics did in the name of religion.
Good rhyme and it read smooth my friend Well done. Good luck. xxx Nancy
Comment Written 16-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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Thank you dear friend Nancy. The Reformation slaughtered 30,000 Huguenots that would not recant their faith. Love, Kay.
Comment from Benjamin Valencia
Wow..Hi Aussie...A harrowing tribute to commemorate St. Bartholomew's massacre. As a Catholic, I can't believe people could such things, but they did. I really enjoyed the melody of your poem. The poor boy Michael having been burned in the end. This was profound with no happy ending. I loved your poem because I know it effectively captures a part of history as if reading a part of the bible. Cheers.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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Wow..Hi Aussie...A harrowing tribute to commemorate St. Bartholomew's massacre. As a Catholic, I can't believe people could such things, but they did. I really enjoyed the melody of your poem. The poor boy Michael having been burned in the end. This was profound with no happy ending. I loved your poem because I know it effectively captures a part of history as if reading a part of the bible. Cheers.
Comment Written 16-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2015
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Benjamin, Thank you for reading. Henry V111 broke with the Catholic church because he couldn't get a divorce as a Catholic. Those who chose to stay with their faith were burned at the stake. In that time line, 30,000 were slaughtered. Cheers, Kay.
