History and Myth
Viewing comments for Chapter 43 "Buffalo - The Great Slaughter"Poems that tell stories of long ago
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Comment from BruceMiller
This is a tremendous piece of poetry. No, I use the wrong noun. No a piece--it is a creation! I am old enough to have heard this story several, and it always has me shaking my head in bewilderment. It is necessary to keep telling this story in the hope that nothing like this happen again. Beautifully done!
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2016
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This is a tremendous piece of poetry. No, I use the wrong noun. No a piece--it is a creation! I am old enough to have heard this story several, and it always has me shaking my head in bewilderment. It is necessary to keep telling this story in the hope that nothing like this happen again. Beautifully done!
Comment Written 27-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2016
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Thank you BruceMiller. For the review and those stars. I appreciate the compliment as well as the stars. Yes, I hope that never happens again.
Comment from Eternal Muse
An amazing epoch, John! This is simply magnificent. My heart was bleeding as I was reading of the murders of these innocent buffalos. How vicious man can be. They killed and killed until there were no more. How powerfully you described that. I loved how wrote toward the end that it's a shame how West was won.
A powerful and colorful story of Matt Montana. You tell his tale keeping a reader on the edge of a chair.
An amazing depth to this. Loved your use of a Western dialect and a lingo.
From the technical standpoint this is flawless. Your iambic pentameter is effortless, sonnets follow each other naturally, nice use of feminine rhyme, you follow the form to a "t".
A terrific tale of the wild West. Bravo!
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2016
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An amazing epoch, John! This is simply magnificent. My heart was bleeding as I was reading of the murders of these innocent buffalos. How vicious man can be. They killed and killed until there were no more. How powerfully you described that. I loved how wrote toward the end that it's a shame how West was won.
A powerful and colorful story of Matt Montana. You tell his tale keeping a reader on the edge of a chair.
An amazing depth to this. Loved your use of a Western dialect and a lingo.
From the technical standpoint this is flawless. Your iambic pentameter is effortless, sonnets follow each other naturally, nice use of feminine rhyme, you follow the form to a "t".
A terrific tale of the wild West. Bravo!
Comment Written 27-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2016
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Thank you very much Yeltel I am very pleased that you enjoyed my story, and found no problems with it. Yes, it was a brutal era.
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I called you John. But then I saw another reviewer address you as "Tom". Which is your first name? (lo
Comment from edieas
Excellent historic account of a pitiful waste of animal life. I am a Kansas girl and I've heard all the accounts passed down from the generations before me and have played in the buffalo wallows that remained well into my childhood.
Of course, we still have contained herds here but the lot of them seems broken and sad when one reflects on their former majesty. Thanks for remembering them and my Kansas. edieas
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2016
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Excellent historic account of a pitiful waste of animal life. I am a Kansas girl and I've heard all the accounts passed down from the generations before me and have played in the buffalo wallows that remained well into my childhood.
Of course, we still have contained herds here but the lot of them seems broken and sad when one reflects on their former majesty. Thanks for remembering them and my Kansas. edieas
Comment Written 26-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2016
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Thank you edieas. I'm always ready to share a good story. Glad you liked it. When I liked in Colorado Springs on Cheyenne Mountain, I could sit on my deck and look out over Kansas. I appreciate the review, the Kansas hospitality. Last year, I was a judge of the Voices of Kansas Poetry contest.
Comment from KjSilver
Loved it. I was taken to the past, where in which my mind dwells. The story of the Bison is a rich one, and one I hold close to home. It was told beautifully and I was drawn back to the plains, back to the pandemonium of war, back to a desire, or dream, maybe going back to a wistful bliss. Thank you for your poem.
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reply by the author on 26-Mar-2016
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Loved it. I was taken to the past, where in which my mind dwells. The story of the Bison is a rich one, and one I hold close to home. It was told beautifully and I was drawn back to the plains, back to the pandemonium of war, back to a desire, or dream, maybe going back to a wistful bliss. Thank you for your poem.
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Comment Written 26-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2016
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Thank you KjSilver.
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
At the time it seems the right thing to do, nmby killing and slaughtering the Buffalo. Now the damage is done and at least there is still some left to protect.
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At the time it seems the right thing to do, nmby killing and slaughtering the Buffalo. Now the damage is done and at least there is still some left to protect.
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Comment Written 26-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2016
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Thank you Sandra, times sure have changed since then.
