for Look, Child8/6/2013 c1 
7cloudwritten
Dearie, you're such a good writer! I really like this poem and, can poems have this style? Just questioning. :)
You're poem is very deep and emotional. It touched my heart, there, right at the very bottom. I'm moved by this poem and what you say is true. Peace will come first from the heart then it will manifest physically. I just hope Presidents read poems so that they will know what we feel.
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
Sincerely,
CC
7cloudwrittenDearie, you're such a good writer! I really like this poem and, can poems have this style? Just questioning. :)
You're poem is very deep and emotional. It touched my heart, there, right at the very bottom. I'm moved by this poem and what you say is true. Peace will come first from the heart then it will manifest physically. I just hope Presidents read poems so that they will know what we feel.
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
Sincerely,
CC
5/19/2006 c1 9Aluminum Tinkerbell
Wow. Hey, and it's a new record! This has left me speechless. (cue the 'holy..'s)
Amazing job. I praise you for not being one of those stupid mindless people who think 'war is all for the greater good. (cue the 'AKA people like Brian's)
This is going on my favorites, as it is no doubt on many others. (Cue the 'yes, I am hyper, right now'.)
Amazing job!
9Aluminum TinkerbellWow. Hey, and it's a new record! This has left me speechless. (cue the 'holy..'s)
Amazing job. I praise you for not being one of those stupid mindless people who think 'war is all for the greater good. (cue the 'AKA people like Brian's)
This is going on my favorites, as it is no doubt on many others. (Cue the 'yes, I am hyper, right now'.)
Amazing job!
9/17/2005 c1 Noir Noir
This is a terribly sad poem, but well-written and true. I applaud you for writing this.
This is a terribly sad poem, but well-written and true. I applaud you for writing this.
6/25/2005 c1 Purr-fit little angel
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3/9/2005 c1 126Arm
truly amazing. left me speechless really. and thats saying something, cuz i never shut up.
126Armtruly amazing. left me speechless really. and thats saying something, cuz i never shut up.
11/24/2004 c1 Hawklen
This poem, in a way, left me speechless. It is utterly beautiful and thought provoking
This poem, in a way, left me speechless. It is utterly beautiful and thought provoking
4/19/2004 c1 Turtlez
*wow* I loved it! very well written, i captures the readers (my) heart. review my back please
*wow* I loved it! very well written, i captures the readers (my) heart. review my back please
4/14/2004 c1 1Fantine-Black
Beautiful, sad poem, about a topic that needs to be discussed. I know first hand that war breeds a hate that lasts for generations. I've experienced it myself.
In WW2, Germany invaded Holland among many other countries, and started a five year long reign of terror. The German soldiers thought they were fighting for a just cause, they thought they were right, they stood behind their leader. My German grandfather fought at Stalingrad, and came back blind, with diabetes. My Dutch grandfather's brother was a hero of the resistance, but the German authorities called what he did terrorism, and killed him. Who was right? It doesn't matter. Both my grandparents have suffered. But my Dutch grandfather has never stopped hating, and now my father hates as well.
60 years after the war, many Dutch people still think all Germans nazi's. I'm half German half Dutch, and have been called a nazi because of that. Fifty years after the war ended. By seven year old children.
America, you don't want that to happen to you. The hate will last much longer than your president's reign, and it will cause more sorrow.
I think everybody should read these words by Wolfgang Borchert, a German war veteran of WW2, who died in his twenties two years after the war ended:
"You. Factory worker. When they order you tomorrow to stop making pipes and pots and start making helmets and machine guns, there is but one thing to be done:
Say NO!
You. Reverend. When they order you tomorrow to bless murder and sanctify war, there is but one thing to be done:
Say NO!
You. Mother in Normandy, and mother in the Ukraine, you, mother in Frisko and London, you, by the Huangho and the Mississippi, you, mother in Napels and Hamburg and Cairo and Oslo- mothers of all continents, mothers of the world, when they order you to bear children, nurses for field hospitals and soldiers for new battles, there is but one thing to be done:
Say NO!"
And then he goes on to describe the hells of war, the choking in the gas, the questions of the children, WHY, and says it can happen tomorrow, or even tonight- if you don't say NO!
It is a brilliant anti-war book, even better than "Nothing new on the western front", and still true.
Your poem has a similiar message, and it is the most important message of all.
1Fantine-BlackBeautiful, sad poem, about a topic that needs to be discussed. I know first hand that war breeds a hate that lasts for generations. I've experienced it myself.
In WW2, Germany invaded Holland among many other countries, and started a five year long reign of terror. The German soldiers thought they were fighting for a just cause, they thought they were right, they stood behind their leader. My German grandfather fought at Stalingrad, and came back blind, with diabetes. My Dutch grandfather's brother was a hero of the resistance, but the German authorities called what he did terrorism, and killed him. Who was right? It doesn't matter. Both my grandparents have suffered. But my Dutch grandfather has never stopped hating, and now my father hates as well.
60 years after the war, many Dutch people still think all Germans nazi's. I'm half German half Dutch, and have been called a nazi because of that. Fifty years after the war ended. By seven year old children.
America, you don't want that to happen to you. The hate will last much longer than your president's reign, and it will cause more sorrow.
I think everybody should read these words by Wolfgang Borchert, a German war veteran of WW2, who died in his twenties two years after the war ended:
"You. Factory worker. When they order you tomorrow to stop making pipes and pots and start making helmets and machine guns, there is but one thing to be done:
Say NO!
You. Reverend. When they order you tomorrow to bless murder and sanctify war, there is but one thing to be done:
Say NO!
You. Mother in Normandy, and mother in the Ukraine, you, mother in Frisko and London, you, by the Huangho and the Mississippi, you, mother in Napels and Hamburg and Cairo and Oslo- mothers of all continents, mothers of the world, when they order you to bear children, nurses for field hospitals and soldiers for new battles, there is but one thing to be done:
Say NO!"
And then he goes on to describe the hells of war, the choking in the gas, the questions of the children, WHY, and says it can happen tomorrow, or even tonight- if you don't say NO!
It is a brilliant anti-war book, even better than "Nothing new on the western front", and still true.
Your poem has a similiar message, and it is the most important message of all.
3/22/2004 c1 14Willow Elandria
wow... beautiful. and unfortunately, so true.
i especially love stanza 6.
14Willow Elandriawow... beautiful. and unfortunately, so true.
i especially love stanza 6.
3/4/2004 c1 17invisiblebob
Interesting poem...it reminds me of something: "Wars are the inevitable consequence of a broken world in which freedom must be bought with blood, misery, and death. Isn't it interesting that there is another freedom that was paid for by one man's blood, misery, and death?"
17invisiblebobInteresting poem...it reminds me of something: "Wars are the inevitable consequence of a broken world in which freedom must be bought with blood, misery, and death. Isn't it interesting that there is another freedom that was paid for by one man's blood, misery, and death?"