tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post6808171578366814774..comments2024-03-05T10:48:27.842-06:00Comments on Confessions Of A Laundry Goddess: The WarSusie Clevengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-80781646533011961232017-11-13T23:47:27.236-06:002017-11-13T23:47:27.236-06:00"a man of eighteen". When it comes to wa..."a man of eighteen". When it comes to war, that kind of youth always breaks the heart. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-14196246720512345172017-11-13T04:16:39.213-06:002017-11-13T04:16:39.213-06:00This is just the right way to tell of the commitme...This is just the right way to tell of the commitment of youth when their country is embroiled in war. We must always be aware of such sacrifice that keps our countries free.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-18606093236220343942017-11-13T00:07:43.395-06:002017-11-13T00:07:43.395-06:00So lovely to see you here, Susie :)
"when / ...So lovely to see you here, Susie :)<br /><br />"when / life walked a target / of kill or be killed."...It's horrific when civilization comes to this. So well penned.<br />Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-20605504470073048262017-11-12T20:34:53.687-06:002017-11-12T20:34:53.687-06:00I love this piece. It is rendered with a bang-on ...I love this piece. It is rendered with a bang-on clarity that, struck me, would probably resonate impactfully with young boy/men 'buried in blood, mud, and dreams of a Missouri sunset'. Awesome writing!Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-12759762748981780212017-11-12T20:16:45.735-06:002017-11-12T20:16:45.735-06:00Susie, wonderful to see you linking at Poets Unite...Susie, wonderful to see you linking at Poets United. Yay! I think all the time about those fresh-faced youngsters just out of high school, finding themselves suddenly in hell, under fire.......trying to stay alive. Younger than my grandsons, who seem like kids to me..........I am so glad he survived, Susie. My uncles did too. But their eyes had seen things they would never talk about. They wanted to leave us our innocence.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-25037584954632012752017-11-12T19:50:32.459-06:002017-11-12T19:50:32.459-06:00That is tragic.. a young man enduring the horrors ...That is tragic.. a young man enduring the horrors of war..for what! Wish we'd end them all.Thotpurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729170517164200003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-42277651409443874522017-11-12T18:43:28.631-06:002017-11-12T18:43:28.631-06:00Most of them kept quiet about their traumatic expe...Most of them kept quiet about their traumatic experiences for their entire lives, if they were lucky enough to survive.You FIL looks a school boy which in fact he was.War is a terrible thing.Cressida de Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781684841036567770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-22171142641983850052017-11-12T17:31:30.881-06:002017-11-12T17:31:30.881-06:00Very true.
ZQVery true.<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-35168105279659161692017-11-12T16:24:17.710-06:002017-11-12T16:24:17.710-06:00War is an awful passage to adulthood, and I cannot...War is an awful passage to adulthood, and I cannot begin to imagine his horror when realising the reality of kill or be killed.<br />So many - both young and old - are scarred forever.<br />AnnahyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-80293162760073174652017-11-12T16:15:31.910-06:002017-11-12T16:15:31.910-06:00What a moving poem, Susie. Looking at the photo -...What a moving poem, Susie. Looking at the photo - he looked SO very young. A boy indeed. I am sure he had 'scars,' but thank goodness he survived. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-23321409241253030372017-11-12T15:44:43.065-06:002017-11-12T15:44:43.065-06:00So many boys pretended to be young men, such a sha...So many boys pretended to be young men, such a shame that societies nativity encouraged it.John Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00020697451985437188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-30274488553873356152017-11-12T15:11:59.200-06:002017-11-12T15:11:59.200-06:00Nice mix of tribute and reality check on war. Nice mix of tribute and reality check on war. Colleen Looseleafhttp://looseleafnotes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-55236832627882778032017-11-12T14:35:14.752-06:002017-11-12T14:35:14.752-06:00The fact that we send young men to war is such a t...The fact that we send young men to war is such a tragedy... but I guess you need to be young to accept what it does to you.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-69665679852985862572017-11-12T13:51:47.250-06:002017-11-12T13:51:47.250-06:00My uncle was the same trying to enlist at 16 in Ca...My uncle was the same trying to enlist at 16 in Canada and eventually going a couple years later to England. He never spoke of the horrors of war but in his waning years I asked if war movies ever really depicted what it was like....he said only one...Saving Private Ryan. I watched the horror of that movie and it forever changed me....what they had to endure and so many dying still.Donna@LivingFromHappinesshttp://www.livingfromhappiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174947457823680382.post-32218713236374578632017-11-12T13:19:40.188-06:002017-11-12T13:19:40.188-06:00True depiction of the life of a young soldier. Sad...True depiction of the life of a young soldier. Sad but trueNamrathahttp://www.namysaysso.comnoreply@blogger.com