tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post4940412501889611014..comments2024-01-29T07:09:43.833-05:00Comments on Wild Rose Reader: A Veterans Day Poetry PostElaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-11344857305190573442009-11-27T12:30:11.889-05:002009-11-27T12:30:11.889-05:00Could not find a suitable section so I written her...Could not find a suitable section so I written here, how to become a moderator for your forum, that need for this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-2189922701856068842008-11-12T08:42:00.000-05:002008-11-12T08:42:00.000-05:00Tricia,My father served in Europe. He absolutely l...Tricia,<BR/><BR/>My father served in Europe. He absolutely loved Chipping Norton--a town in the Cotswolds where he was stationed for a time. When my husband and I vacationed in England in 1972, we went to Chipping Norton and traveled through the Cotwolds. We fell in love with the area, too.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Julie,<BR/><BR/>The Favorite poem Project published three books. The third book includes a CD of people reading/reciting their favorite poems and talking about the poems and the connections to their lives.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever read any of Wislawa Szymborka's poetry? She is one of my favorite poets. Her poem "The End and the Beginning" is one of the best anti-war poems I've ever read.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-45552706325744182582008-11-12T00:28:00.000-05:002008-11-12T00:28:00.000-05:00Elaine - thanks for the powerful excerpts w/ links...Elaine - thanks for the powerful excerpts w/ links to complete poems (and the link to Poets Against War.) I, too, lost friends in the Vietnam War - it just tore me apart to see their names on the memorial in D.C. My dad fought in WWII, he was a radio man in the Philippines and would never talk about it, never did.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments over at the Drift Record (where I've added a link to Wild Rose Reader.) We're on the same wave length, I think. I didn't know about the Michael Lythgoe reading of Komunyakaa's poem at Favorite Poems Project site (what a wonderful project that was of Pinsky's.) Thanks for directing me there. <BR/><BR/>And hey - congratulations on the new computer!Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-8255113528475987002008-11-11T22:16:00.000-05:002008-11-11T22:16:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for sharing these poems today. M...Thank you so much for sharing these poems today. My father served in the naval air corps during WWII. He was stationed in Pearl Harbor for the last three years of the war. He doesn't like to talk about it, so it's hard to honor him publicly. Instead, we take today to call him and tell him how much we love and appreciate him without tying it back to this day.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-18060912574030913992008-11-11T14:47:00.000-05:002008-11-11T14:47:00.000-05:00Terry,My father was a Polish immigrant--as were al...Terry,<BR/><BR/>My father was a Polish immigrant--as were all four of my grandparents. My husband's paternal grandparents came from Naples, Italy.<BR/><BR/>It's too bad you lost your grandfather at such a young age.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-59385942169631293182008-11-11T14:14:00.000-05:002008-11-11T14:14:00.000-05:00My grandfather was the son of two Italian immigran...My grandfather was the son of two Italian immigrants. At 14, he lied about his age to join the navy and fight for the US in World War II. He came home ... but we lost him when I was two. Your selection of poems help me remember him.Terry Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246198932357846984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-49831606070203612352008-11-11T12:44:00.000-05:002008-11-11T12:44:00.000-05:00Jules,I just got the book today. I'll have to read...Jules,<BR/><BR/>I just got the book today. I'll have to read it this afternoon.<BR/><BR/>I'm excited. I just got a great new computer! It's not a laptop--but what's called an all-in-one. It has a big screen top that inludes all the workings and a keyboard. I'll be playing with it all day--and loading all my manuscripts on it.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-51776248870326645522008-11-11T12:37:00.000-05:002008-11-11T12:37:00.000-05:00It's a good day to look over Lee Bennett Hopkins' ...It's a good day to look over Lee Bennett Hopkins' AMERICA AT WAR, huh?Jules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-2046285761800413122008-11-11T09:50:00.000-05:002008-11-11T09:50:00.000-05:00Morgan,Thanks for commenting. I'm sorry for your l...Morgan,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure your great grandfather's memory will live on in your heart.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-42431015478756875672008-11-11T09:26:00.000-05:002008-11-11T09:26:00.000-05:00My great grandfather served in World War two and h...My great grandfather served in World War two and he died last year two days before veterans day and it was devastating. He was the one i went to for advice. i went to him for everything. Then one day I found out that he had stomach cancer and he passed away the next day. My heart was broken. My life was over. <BR/> To all of the people who have lodt someone in a war, i totally understand how you feelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com