tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post5168252799203304642..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: The Ultimate War Poem of Sacrifice and Remembrancesnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-86751212935553483952017-09-29T03:26:00.009-07:002017-09-29T03:26:00.009-07:00Crossties and Lines: October 1918
Shrewsbury, ...Crossties and Lines: October 1918<br /><br /> <br /><br />Shrewsbury, Hadnall, Yorton, Clive, Wem,<br /><br />Prees, Whitchurch, Wrenbury, Nantwich, Crewe<br /><br /> <br /><br />Backed against the oaks, the cattle gather<br /><br />Minding the din of the clattering train -<br /><br />Milking is late tonight as the farm lights flicker<br /><br />And loco smoke and steam meet soaking rain.<br /><Keith Shorrocks Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699580856484738833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-89783341566169180072016-08-19T04:01:13.550-07:002016-08-19T04:01:13.550-07:00... for our family, it will always be the poppies ...... for our family, it will always be the poppies In Flanders Fields...David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-78942301595548477182016-06-01T16:58:31.696-07:002016-06-01T16:58:31.696-07:00I'm with Brian on this one. Funny how the Germ...I'm with Brian on this one. Funny how the Germans believed exactly the same thing about their soldiers: "Mitt Gott und Vaterland" on all their buckles and badges. Perhaps God was hedging his bets. As for using war to purge from the dross of sin, that is pretty much what Isis believe. To be fair, the British government and senior officers never claimed to be fighting God's war. Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-56318195054849163982016-06-01T15:22:32.510-07:002016-06-01T15:22:32.510-07:00My response to this poem is less sympathetic than ...My response to this poem is less sympathetic than the two preceding ones: I think these verses are a travesty of the reality experienced in WWI. It is sanitised beyond belief, and designed for consumption in those gentile Edwardian drawing rooms where truth-saying was regarded as the ultimate in bad taste. No combatant would identify with this maudlin pap once they'd spent a week or two in Brian Culrossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-87419915682228969332016-06-01T13:10:29.536-07:002016-06-01T13:10:29.536-07:00Very moving proseVery moving prosebill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-66893674555799242972016-06-01T10:34:08.738-07:002016-06-01T10:34:08.738-07:00A lovely poem, but I'll nominate Joshua Henry ...A lovely poem, but I'll nominate Joshua Henry Jones "The Heart of the World" as a strong contender for the "Ultimate War Poem of Sacrifice and Remembrance." http://behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-challenge-to-world.htmlConnie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.com