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Legacy of War
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Legacy of War |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere 
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What we remember after the battle's done is unique to each and every one touched by the legacy of War's cold embrace Forever changed are we now And so it has been since antiquity Brave hearts silenced Loving hearts broken Killing is the catalyst of demise for more than armies and innocents The spilled blood lives on for untold years coloring the fabric of before to after... who we were to who we are- generations touched by the legacy of War's cold embrace LGR5/30/11 |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Very nice write on this day. ~ Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock ~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (05-30-2011 01:54 PM).] |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Sorry you took it as an anti American poem...I didn't intend it that way. I was trying to be inclusive to say that all who have served their country and their loved ones and the country itself all sacrifice with war. I thought Memorial Day was about remembering those who had served and sacrificed. I was trying to say that when a soldier is killed it is more than a loss of just a life. And that that is the nature of war. And on this day let us also not forget those who love the fallen, those who did not fall but were broken. Soldiers make the ultimate sacrifice and that sacrifice is felt beyond the solitary soldier. |
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Brian James Member
since 2005-06-26
Posts 147Winnipeg |
Everyone takes something different from the hardship of war, but we all take something with us. It is indeed a sad thing and I can appreciate that about your poem. I don't find it disrespectful at all. Nobody likes war nor should anybody. "Touched by the legacy." I like that, it's got a lot to do with what Memorial Day is all about. Children are exposed to things they've never had to experience, and asked to accept them. I remember being a child and having to come to grips with the reality of war, and it's so difficult to do. Again, great poem, thank you for sharing it. Brian "To me, the thing that art does for life is to clean it, to strip it to form." |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
You have written an excellent poem here, dear Lori. Wars and killing must come to an end, sooner or later, we need to learn more evolved means to live in peace. See the two stanzas I quoted on Abe's poem ... Constructful dialogue is necessary, but sadly not all are ready yet. Love and peace. Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
nice title, thought-provoking write...this was such a stirring phrase: "Killing is the catalyst of demise" ...calls for deep thoughts |
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