tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post7735975815883450366..comments2023-08-29T00:19:57.259-04:00Comments on Poetical Psyche: A Transitional taleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05885047796180529498noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-80133120216894408272012-05-30T08:39:11.065-04:002012-05-30T08:39:11.065-04:00Thought-provoking and heartbreaking -- the soldier...Thought-provoking and heartbreaking -- the soldier who starts out with a heart to serve, and returns changed, losing that spirit he had it seems.Ravenblackhttp://theotherdayplace.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-72160357505902867392012-05-29T12:00:21.968-04:002012-05-29T12:00:21.968-04:00Yeah that is so very true, all this war crap has t...Yeah that is so very true, all this war crap has to stop, as they just go about it willy nilly. More people need to just stay no. I respect what they do and such like that, as they provided all of us with the freedom we have today, but the higher ups need to piss off and get their priorities straight, stop trying to fuel the economy through war and such. No idea what it must be like for them to come back after so long and realize how everything has changed, it's like they were thrown in jail or something in many a way.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-85722464116460226242012-05-29T08:45:45.982-04:002012-05-29T08:45:45.982-04:00Beautifully written, Fred. And, very, very powerf...Beautifully written, Fred. And, very, very powerful.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-52305785368075738602012-05-28T22:08:01.996-04:002012-05-28T22:08:01.996-04:00One of the great tragedies of our lifetime is the ...One of the great tragedies of our lifetime is the lack of gratitude and even disdain that some of our soldiers received when they returned from war, especially after Vietnam. I've cared for some of them as a nurse and it hurts. Thank you for the direction you took this Fred.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-88149926013785754182012-05-28T20:31:42.203-04:002012-05-28T20:31:42.203-04:00yeah, I get it too, but obviously not to the exten...yeah, I get it too, but obviously not to the extent of a soldier, or being away for 9 months straight, but I used to work at a job where for 10 years I was gone from home 9-10 months out of the year, now granted it wasn't straight through, which, in a way, kind of made it harder, as you got a day or two between projects and you're barely able to catch up with things that never got done while away. But yeah, friends leave, which I understood, but after I couldn't work anymore because of my injuries, I just assumed everything would simply turn back to how things were, but obviously things move forward and things change…magnify that by the war factor, I can't begin to imagine the magnitude there. Great response, really appreciate it, thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885047796180529498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-57981285248242825072012-05-28T20:28:09.949-04:002012-05-28T20:28:09.949-04:00Thanks Anna, really appreciate it, especially seei...Thanks Anna, really appreciate it, especially seeing this was the first of Roger's form that I ever tried. Glad you liked it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885047796180529498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-6585358592641429062012-05-28T20:27:45.839-04:002012-05-28T20:27:45.839-04:00the last paragraph is very sincere.
i also connec...the last paragraph is very sincere.<br /><br />i also connected with the first stanza that talks about the soldier going out to make a better world. how sad, if he succeeded, then he is gone...no more world. <br /><br /><a href="http://zongrik.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/four-memorial-day-senryu" rel="nofollow">four memorial day senryu</a>zongrikhttp://zongrik.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-21233157617148196812012-05-28T20:27:25.362-04:002012-05-28T20:27:25.362-04:00Oh, this is amazing feedback. I have to agree wit...Oh, this is amazing feedback. I have to agree with your assessments in the second half here, unfortunately, and perhaps it's because I'm either too much a realist, or pessimist, I just can't see these criteria met, tis a shame too. Again, great feedback, really appreciate it. ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885047796180529498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-66646317572358691782012-05-28T19:05:20.511-04:002012-05-28T19:05:20.511-04:00A great triplet and perfect for the prompt!A great triplet and perfect for the prompt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-82195749387557886092012-05-28T16:45:47.782-04:002012-05-28T16:45:47.782-04:00Having served myself, I used to see the effects of...Having served myself, I used to see the effects of our troops coming back from a six month stint in Northern Ireland when the bombings, and the knee cappings, tar and feathering, was at the highest peek and some of these men were never the same either. They lived on a constant knife edge of danger, never able to relax. Never knowing if they would live to the end of the day and arrive safe back in their barracks again. <br />I agree with you on not wanting anymore wars.<br />It needs the money men to stop making more money on selling arms to the ones who pay the most money. It needs religion to be dropped by all nations and not fought over. It needs an end to greed and, it needs humans to wake up and realise we are all (underneath it all) the same. We want to live, love and stay alive.<br />Very deep, and fitting post Fred.Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930188128946500869.post-48379623193567866032012-05-28T15:56:27.636-04:002012-05-28T15:56:27.636-04:00no i appreciate this man...i know this is hard for...no i appreciate this man...i know this is hard for soldiers to come home on so many levels...i did not go to war...but being away from my fam for 9 months a few years ago...it was hard coming back...all the friends i had here moved on to other things...i can only imagine a soldier gone to war (even without all the trauma of war) returning after several years would feel socially out of place...then add onto that what they di or saw in following orders....oy...nice though provoker man...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com