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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Young men in shiny boxes Flag draped in somber tone Protectors of defenseless Thousands of miles from home Beliefs forgotten in reverence Pay homage to soldier’s yield Dying in foreign lands From Saigon to Flander’s Field Turn your back on politics not on my uniformed child remember who you turn against take care of who’s reviled http://www.angelfire.com/art/CountryGirl/midi/Taps.mid  [This message has been edited by Poet deVine (03-13-2003 12:13 AM).] |
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Marshalzu  
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
This is wonderfully written, thanks for sharing this with us  |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
PoetdeVine~ Extremely tenderly touching~ *huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
chills... Just total chills... This is so very poignant. You make the point so much more gracefully than I ever could. *heart hugs* |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
We are often too quick to condemn the notions of war without examining the fact that those soldiers who are fighting aren't the ones we should condemn for the war, that they are human beings doing everything they can to cope with this political struggle. When I was little I used to see soldiers as the truest heros, but now I see them as victims... not just the dead, but each and every uniformed child that is sent off into a fight that shouldn't have to happen. Very touching, PDV. Parasite "Faith" means the will to avoid knowing what is true. |
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anonymousfemale Member Elite
since 2000-02-02
Posts 2797Limbo |
Interesting, Sharon and incredibly true. There's nothing like a bit of honesty to make reality sink in. As always, you've written a beautiful and stirring piece. ~AF~ I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant. |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
wonderful. "Turn your back on politics not on my uniformed child remember who you turn against take care of who’s reviled" So well said. Thank you for a heartening, yet sad tome... Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. |
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Tramp Poet Senior Member
since 2000-01-06
Posts 754Could Be Anywhere... |
excellantly chilling yet surging with vitality and reservation...nice work Sharon |
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fractal007 Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958 |
Cool and to the point. This poem delivers its strong message without getting too weepy. 2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2 |
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