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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Andersonville is over that way. Here, an old peanut farm. In darkness, the whippoorwill calls to a soft-sleeping mate. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
There is an "emission" of peace and comforting calmness coming from this poem, dear easy1. Beautiful! Love, Margherita |
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dreamgal Member
since 2011-03-17
Posts 442 |
I agree with margherita on this, It was very calming, and tender too. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Yes, I see . . . and hear . . . and I savour every nuance of it - and I agree totally with Margherita. This should be read at any time, but particularly at the end of a bad day, just before going to bed - it should cure any insomniac. Absolutely lovely, easy1. AFTER READING LINK This has not exactly changed, but deepened my understanding of the poem. This is an example of what Robbie Burns called "man's inhumanity to man" something to which no animal ever stoops. Knowing what I now know about Andersonville, I feel in the poem, the same things, but, in one sense, a calming progression in humanity, as Andersonville is no longer what it was, but in another sense, a feeling of nothing can change the past and there is an evil, turbulent undercurrent of the darkness of its history. The whippoorwill seems to me to be the reminder of the innocence of the animal world, as opposed to the human world, and simultaneously the metaphorical mourning and reminder of the past and the insistence of the present moment being what is important, as a result of what is learnt of the past, to herald a new and better future - just my interpretation. In my humble opinion, the poem is one of exquisite compassion, of singing a mournful dirge in solemn honour of the suffering that man put man through. Thank you easy1. This could not have been an easy1 to write, nor is it an easy1 to read, knowing the background. On behalf of all those sufferers, in whose name I have no right to speak, a very deep, tearful thank you. You have done more for them than you could possibly know. Owl [This message has been edited by OwlSA (03-26-2011 01:15 AM).] |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/civil_war/sidebars/pow_camp_sumpter_andersonville.html |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Oh dear,with the explanation on that site, it puts a whole different view of this.sleep would be ever more in that place. Thank you. |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Peaceful calming theme in this poem. Thought stimulator too. Wow! I had to come back after reading that link you posted. Changed my perspective of this piece. Thanks for the explanation. Eric true love never looks after it's own interests |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Such places of horror need healing and only the awareness of being One with all life, will be able to heal men's tendency to brutality. There is too much of it still in the world. The whippoorwill's call to its mate remind us of the sacredness of life and restore somehow dignity to the surroundings. I see it like that. I love Owl's interpretation too. Love, Margherita |
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