To Seek Solace in October Skies
Their Legacies Live On...68 total reviews
Comment from Gert sherwood
Thank you Mrs, K
for your altering rhyme pattern of
A b A b through out your poem about your father and your your uncle plus your excellent authors notes were very
impressing. Gert
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Thank you Mrs, K
for your altering rhyme pattern of
A b A b through out your poem about your father and your your uncle plus your excellent authors notes were very
impressing. Gert
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
Comment from dragonpoet
This is a sad and hopeful poem at the same time. It tells a story of loss and bitterness. But also for forgiveness and love. Forgiveness does let you live a
fuller life of love and it truly allows you to honor the memory of the one you lost.
Sorry that you never really knew your uncle. But you do have reminders in his carvings.
Good luck and keep writing
Joan
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This is a sad and hopeful poem at the same time. It tells a story of loss and bitterness. But also for forgiveness and love. Forgiveness does let you live a
fuller life of love and it truly allows you to honor the memory of the one you lost.
Sorry that you never really knew your uncle. But you do have reminders in his carvings.
Good luck and keep writing
Joan
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
Comment from Raul1
I like the way of how you talk about healing the people, so they can live happy. I think that the well being is very important for our health. It is a necessity. Thanks for sharing!
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I like the way of how you talk about healing the people, so they can live happy. I think that the well being is very important for our health. It is a necessity. Thanks for sharing!
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
Comment from c_lucas
My mother's youngest brother, of whom I was named. spent most of the war in an Axis Prison of War camp. This is very well written with a smooth flow of words.
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My mother's youngest brother, of whom I was named. spent most of the war in an Axis Prison of War camp. This is very well written with a smooth flow of words.
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
Comment from LIJ Red
The book Flyboys brought home to me that it was the officer caste, the Samurai types, who made the Japanese monstrous enemies, that the young common soldiers were human, like us...of all the dark side of mankind, wars are the worst.
I think you shared your story in an excellent poem.
reply by the author on 10-Jan-2019
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The book Flyboys brought home to me that it was the officer caste, the Samurai types, who made the Japanese monstrous enemies, that the young common soldiers were human, like us...of all the dark side of mankind, wars are the worst.
I think you shared your story in an excellent poem.
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
reply by the author on 10-Jan-2019
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Hello LIJ Red!
So pleased you stopped by.
Thank you for your excllent rating and informative reivew...
diane
Comment from Wabigoon
Mrs. KT--
I just finished John Grisham's, The Reckoning, which is about, among other things, a soldier in WWII who, like your uncle, was in the Bataan death march, then put on a "Hell" ship. Somehow he escapes, I do not recall how. The ship sunk with many American captives on board is mentioned. Grisham's hero goes on to be a guerrilla in the Philippines, inflicting as much damage upon the Japanese troops as possible. Sounds almost like your uncle was part of the mix in Grisham's "hero." Grisham's book combined with a Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins, describing the massive bombardment of Germany in WWII and I have had a real taste of the awfulness of that war and how so many went to their deaths in it. It is hard to know what to think about such service. My own uncle was a doctor on board a destroyer hit by Kamikazes. He had to put some of his fellow sailors "out of their misery." Don't think he ever got over it. Your poem is an excellent addition to all this. It seems "simple and kind," and that's perhaps, what you need to heal that massive wound. Thank you for your time and effort. It will help.
Best
Wabigoon/Jeff
reply by the author on 10-Jan-2019
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Mrs. KT--
I just finished John Grisham's, The Reckoning, which is about, among other things, a soldier in WWII who, like your uncle, was in the Bataan death march, then put on a "Hell" ship. Somehow he escapes, I do not recall how. The ship sunk with many American captives on board is mentioned. Grisham's hero goes on to be a guerrilla in the Philippines, inflicting as much damage upon the Japanese troops as possible. Sounds almost like your uncle was part of the mix in Grisham's "hero." Grisham's book combined with a Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins, describing the massive bombardment of Germany in WWII and I have had a real taste of the awfulness of that war and how so many went to their deaths in it. It is hard to know what to think about such service. My own uncle was a doctor on board a destroyer hit by Kamikazes. He had to put some of his fellow sailors "out of their misery." Don't think he ever got over it. Your poem is an excellent addition to all this. It seems "simple and kind," and that's perhaps, what you need to heal that massive wound. Thank you for your time and effort. It will help.
Best
Wabigoon/Jeff
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
reply by the author on 10-Jan-2019
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Hello Wabigoon!
What an informative and excellent review.
I thank you.
Mastery suggested that I read Grisham's book; I ordered it this morning.
My father's family was so hopeful that "Bodie" would return - even after the nearly three yearsof the horrors of war and his imprisonment at Cabanatuan. To meet his death at the hand's of an American torpedo ship, the U.S.S. Snook was unbearable...
I wrote this piece for my children and their future children. We must not forget...
Thank you again...
diane
Comment from QC Poet
First of all,
Thank you for your incredible tribute.
My grandson is serving in the AF right now.
In this returning age of political hate we have many worries.
Great writing and reminder of the evils in our world.
Thank you for Sharing your thoughts and work.
God Bless you and your family.
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First of all,
Thank you for your incredible tribute.
My grandson is serving in the AF right now.
In this returning age of political hate we have many worries.
Great writing and reminder of the evils in our world.
Thank you for Sharing your thoughts and work.
God Bless you and your family.
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
Comment from Michele Harber
Diane, your beautiful poem moved me, but your explanation at the end brought me to tears. Many of my ancestors perished in the Holocaust, but I was raised with the knowledge that that was a different generation, and not to hold against all Germans what was done by Hitler and his followers, so I appreciate and understand the healing that your family sought and found. I fully expect your poem to do well in the Share a Story in a Poem contest, as you do tell a complete story, with a beginning, middle and end, which is interesting and moving, and keeps the reader eagerly awaiting each subsequent line. Your rhymes are very well done, and enhance your story with their natural, unforced feel.
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Diane, your beautiful poem moved me, but your explanation at the end brought me to tears. Many of my ancestors perished in the Holocaust, but I was raised with the knowledge that that was a different generation, and not to hold against all Germans what was done by Hitler and his followers, so I appreciate and understand the healing that your family sought and found. I fully expect your poem to do well in the Share a Story in a Poem contest, as you do tell a complete story, with a beginning, middle and end, which is interesting and moving, and keeps the reader eagerly awaiting each subsequent line. Your rhymes are very well done, and enhance your story with their natural, unforced feel.
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
You did a great job with your poignant poem, Mrs KT. Your tribute to your family lost in WW2 read smoothly with much emotion. I could feel it through your words. Good job with the rhymes, too. I enjoyed learning about your father and uncle even if was sad. Your father sounded like an amazing man. I love the quote of his in your author notes. Your picture is a great pairing with your words. Great job and thanks for sharing. Jan
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You did a great job with your poignant poem, Mrs KT. Your tribute to your family lost in WW2 read smoothly with much emotion. I could feel it through your words. Good job with the rhymes, too. I enjoyed learning about your father and uncle even if was sad. Your father sounded like an amazing man. I love the quote of his in your author notes. Your picture is a great pairing with your words. Great job and thanks for sharing. Jan
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
Comment from royowen
What an incredibly hauntingly beautiful story, My wife's uncle fought with the British army in Burma, he saw the devestation and cruelty infected on the Aussie and British POWs on the infamous Burma railway, but unlike your dad, hated them all his life, yet he was a kind man, who loved and adopted my daughters as his own, leaving them a small sum of money for both, a retired army Colonel, he was decorated not only as a soldier, but as a civilian too. We loved him, but he never forgave the Japanese. Beautifully written Diane, high quality, pentametric abab rhymed work, good luck, blessings, Roy
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What an incredibly hauntingly beautiful story, My wife's uncle fought with the British army in Burma, he saw the devestation and cruelty infected on the Aussie and British POWs on the infamous Burma railway, but unlike your dad, hated them all his life, yet he was a kind man, who loved and adopted my daughters as his own, leaving them a small sum of money for both, a retired army Colonel, he was decorated not only as a soldier, but as a civilian too. We loved him, but he never forgave the Japanese. Beautifully written Diane, high quality, pentametric abab rhymed work, good luck, blessings, Roy
Comment Written 10-Jan-2019
