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As rockets red glare over there |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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June 30, 2009 As rockets red glare over Baghdad, it is.... Iraqui National Sovereignty Day. May tomorrow be calm. May peace prevail. May the nightmare truly be over. May our troops come home. |
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faeriemythc Junior Member
since 2009-06-18
Posts 40KY |
Amen |
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brneyedgrly Senior Member
since 2009-06-08
Posts 1125nowhere and everywhere |
~ditto... |
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Misty Lilacs Senior Member
since 2005-11-15
Posts 1060White Birch Forest |
Double ditto ... ________________________ |
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poddarku Senior Member
since 2008-01-15
Posts 589india |
For tomorrow. Great writing. |
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MinSW Member
since 2009-06-14
Posts 53Sri Lanka |
prayers for a brighter tomorrow... sharing your thoughts and wishes, love, Min |
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Marc-Andre Senior Member
since 2008-12-07
Posts 501 |
Amen to that. I hope the peace will be more peaceful than the 33,000 sorties a year on Iraq between Desert Storm and the moment Bush imagined weapons of mass destruction and wasted some of the beautiful American youth there. |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear Kacy, This is a very good write. Love Bobby |
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Heart2Heart Senior Member
since 2009-05-15
Posts 738Scotland/Norway |
Troops will come home, but chaos and disaster will prevail I'm afraid. They have to learn to fight their own battles. Well put dear Midnitsun, you write so earnestly and movingly about the Middle East, I'm tempted to ask if you have a family member down there. Heart2Heart |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks friends! Heart, I lived in the Middle East for a year, made many friends who are still there. The ME is always close to my heartbeat. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for your humanity, Kacy. And, Heart2Heart, Kacy has family all over the world, you and me and everyone, for it is she who teaches us so well, that we are all one. Owl |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Diana,  I am humbled by such a reply. There are many out there who do far more than I can ever do! |
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Heart2Heart Senior Member
since 2009-05-15
Posts 738Scotland/Norway |
Thanks for information Midnitesun, I appreciate very much your poetry about the Middle East. I have travelled extensively in all the countries of ME, they were for a time my main market areas, so I know Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Egypt very well. I think I will look out my poem "Women in Black" and post. Heart2Heart |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Yes, please post it! I am a big fan of yours already, and this reply put you even higher on my list of those to always read. |
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Heart2Heart Senior Member
since 2009-05-15
Posts 738Scotland/Norway |
Owl, thank you for your enlightening words. Having a brother with wife and two daughters who have lived in Baghdad for two years now you will understand my concern too and appreciation of Midnitesun's poesy. Heart2Heart |
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Heart2Heart Senior Member
since 2009-05-15
Posts 738Scotland/Norway |
Dear Midnitesun, I have looked for my poem "Women in Black" which I know I posted on Poetry Castle about 4-5 years ago, but I can't find it. I know their harddisk crashed a couple of years ago and it might have disappeared then, I lost many of my poems when that happened, also the other members, it was a tragic loss for many of us, because speaking for myself, I was so silly to use the site as a filing place for most of my poems. The poem was about the strength of those black clad women of the Middle East, whom we often deem weak and submissive, but really they are not, they are strong, proud and stately and really the "boss" of the family. My brother works for the Diplomatic Corps in intermediating between EU officials and the Iraqi Government, he does a great job, but it's a highly perilous and dangerous one. This weekend my sister-in-law and two nieces are coming home on holiday, and I'm so pleased. Trying to convince her at least to remain at home, but she wants to be with my brother. I have offered to take care of the girls while she's down there, but surprisingly they want to remain too. But Robert, being my only brother, I am terribly worried about him of course, because although he has guards, he never knows when danger will strike. He has been in Iraq twice, this is his second assignment. He tells me the locals down there are extremely worried at the Americans withdrawing, because turmoil and chaos is bound to happen. Love and kind thoughts to you from Katriona |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Midnitesun, all your poems always have information and insight! Always a pleasure...  ARCTIC WIND |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Hi Midnitsun....thanks for the poem. yann |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Katriona, oh my, this information makes me quite concerned for the safety of your brother and family. While I have hopes things will transition smoothly in Iraq, the multiple edges of reality are rough and dangerous. May they remain safe and well. Thanks for the visit, Yann and AW. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Name one - just one - who does more than you, Kacy! Aha! Got you there! Smiles. Prayers for your brother and family, Heart2Heart. Owl |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Amen! May awakening to love and respect happen! I read the whole thread and I give grace in this moment for the safety of all loved ones on their mission of peace out there. Thank you, dear Kacy. Love, Margherita |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
LOL, Diana. I should send you a long list of names. Margherita, thank you for reading. You are one of the kindest and most understanding people I know. |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Peace, something we all look forward to... It's so good to read your thoughts once again. You have always caused my thoughts to linger beyond your words. Sending warm thoughts your way, cathy |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks for stopping in, Cathy. You have been missed! |
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Oklahoma Rose Senior Member
since 2008-02-28
Posts 1586Oklahoma USA |
Amen to that, Kacy! |
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Misty Lilacs Senior Member
since 2005-11-15
Posts 1060White Birch Forest |
AMEN!! ooxx ________________________ |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
Amen |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I hope. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Misty, Vandana, Alison thanks for the visit |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
indeed! |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
timely and effective! |
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