Battlefields
Over the generations, we lose our connection to the past17 total reviews
Comment from Debbie D'Arcy
All very profoundly said here with your excellent notes balancing and complementing your verse so well. It's a huge worry that we simply don't seem to be learning the lessons of the past. Worse than that, we're often deliberately erasing it in favour of more sexy and money-making enterprises and narcissistic preoccupations. Your free verse captures this in the stark contrast between the old and the new, the indifference and disrespect for those battlegrounds which deserve to be remembered and honoured for the part they played in our freedom today. Thanks for sharing this very stirring and poignant perspective. Debbie PS Spelling errors in 'shopping' and 'buried.'
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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All very profoundly said here with your excellent notes balancing and complementing your verse so well. It's a huge worry that we simply don't seem to be learning the lessons of the past. Worse than that, we're often deliberately erasing it in favour of more sexy and money-making enterprises and narcissistic preoccupations. Your free verse captures this in the stark contrast between the old and the new, the indifference and disrespect for those battlegrounds which deserve to be remembered and honoured for the part they played in our freedom today. Thanks for sharing this very stirring and poignant perspective. Debbie PS Spelling errors in 'shopping' and 'buried.'
Comment Written 15-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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Thanks for the excellent review and your words of support for the theme here in my poem. I am glad that some people think this is important. But it's tough to think about how we can go back to where this country was even 20 years ago. It's all changed and I think social media and the culture of popularity has a lot to do with it. estory
Comment from royowen
My dear son in law took us for a road trip through Pensilvania, And Virginia from Gettysburg to Appomattox, even Williamsburg, and the the same theme came, I found out that as many casualties fell in that Civil War, as all the other conflicts Americans have engaged in combined, it brought home the fultility of war, of violence, we don't seem anymore closer to peace than we were then, all those young lives sacrificed...for lessons never learned. Beautifully written my friend, blessings Roy
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My dear son in law took us for a road trip through Pensilvania, And Virginia from Gettysburg to Appomattox, even Williamsburg, and the the same theme came, I found out that as many casualties fell in that Civil War, as all the other conflicts Americans have engaged in combined, it brought home the fultility of war, of violence, we don't seem anymore closer to peace than we were then, all those young lives sacrificed...for lessons never learned. Beautifully written my friend, blessings Roy
Comment Written 15-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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Thanks for the excellent review and your perspective on my poem. I have to wonder how much longer it will be before they pull down the monuments put up by the southern states. People today are so narrow minded and driven by the culture of popularity. I think half these people in these protests are there just to take selfies and say they were there. estory
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I think it?s deplorable
Comment from barbara.wilkey
I'm sure those men who fought for our freedoms are rolling over in their graves at the mess our country has turned into. No way would our Founding Fathers have agreed to any of this. Thank you for sharing this poem with us. It's very well written.
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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I'm sure those men who fought for our freedoms are rolling over in their graves at the mess our country has turned into. No way would our Founding Fathers have agreed to any of this. Thank you for sharing this poem with us. It's very well written.
Comment Written 15-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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Thanks for the excellent review and I agree, the founding fathers would probably not believe what happened to our country in only the last 20 years. estory
Comment from Teri7
This is a very well written poem about battlefields. You used very good descriptive words and very good imagery with your words. It seems so many things are changing in this world. Thank you for sharing. Blessings, Teri
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This is a very well written poem about battlefields. You used very good descriptive words and very good imagery with your words. It seems so many things are changing in this world. Thank you for sharing. Blessings, Teri
Comment Written 15-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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Thanks for the excellent review and your words of support for my poem. I am glad it seemed so evocative. estory
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You are so welcome! Blessings, Teri
Comment from Wendyanne
This is a very interesting and thought-provoking, well written piece of poetry in which you have expressed your thoughts and feelings very well. You have used some extremely vivid imagery in this. Well done.
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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This is a very interesting and thought-provoking, well written piece of poetry in which you have expressed your thoughts and feelings very well. You have used some extremely vivid imagery in this. Well done.
Comment Written 15-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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Thanks for the excellent review and I am glad it got some people thinking. I like to get people thinking. estory
Comment from Sally Law
Thank you for sharing. Both my biological brothers were born in Fredericksburg. My family knows it's history because, good and bad, it's the history of our nation. I don't agree with changing the facts of history to suit others or to make someone else feel better. Does covering up the truth make me feel better? Never! It is what it is. I don't live in the 1860s or the 1960s, but I remember those times and learn from them. I've traced my Dupree ancestors back to the 1600s, to Isle of Wight, Virginia. How fascinating they were, and a tenacious group of survivors.
Thank you again for sharing.
Sending you my best today as always,
Sal XOs
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reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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Thank you for sharing. Both my biological brothers were born in Fredericksburg. My family knows it's history because, good and bad, it's the history of our nation. I don't agree with changing the facts of history to suit others or to make someone else feel better. Does covering up the truth make me feel better? Never! It is what it is. I don't live in the 1860s or the 1960s, but I remember those times and learn from them. I've traced my Dupree ancestors back to the 1600s, to Isle of Wight, Virginia. How fascinating they were, and a tenacious group of survivors.
Thank you again for sharing.
Sending you my best today as always,
Sal XOs
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Comment Written 15-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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Thanks for the excellent review and I think I agree with everything you said. The generations of today wouldn't last a week in those early days of the seventeenth century, and what those colonists and pioneers went through. They had faith, and they had a work ethic. Today it's all about taking a selfie at a protest or a rally to say you were there. estory
Comment from BethShelby
From the beginning of time there have been wars and it is no different today. Everything changes and life goes on. When called to our attention we are horrified by the astrosities of the past, but those of today are just as horrible and every generation rues the fact things of the part are forgotten. We are created in such away that if we were to spend our time thinking of the horrors of the past, we would be incapable of coping with our own day to day problems. Change is necessary. People aren't so different. In tomorrows' world someone will say 'whar a shame the people aren'r remembering all the horrible wars that took place in 2023' but we will moved on yet again.
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reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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From the beginning of time there have been wars and it is no different today. Everything changes and life goes on. When called to our attention we are horrified by the astrosities of the past, but those of today are just as horrible and every generation rues the fact things of the part are forgotten. We are created in such away that if we were to spend our time thinking of the horrors of the past, we would be incapable of coping with our own day to day problems. Change is necessary. People aren't so different. In tomorrows' world someone will say 'whar a shame the people aren'r remembering all the horrible wars that took place in 2023' but we will moved on yet again.
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Comment Written 15-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 17-Nov-2023
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Thanks for the excellent review and your perspective on the piece. It is true I think that the more things change, the more they stay the same. That is a theme of another piece in this collection. But this piece is really about how today's generations are becoming iconoclasts sweeping away the ideals and values of the previous age. estory
