tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post3028422132022515294..comments2023-07-02T09:29:55.764-04:00Comments on KmercPoetry: Real Toads Challenge: Fighting Is For the RecklessAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-36454524156054393482014-12-18T20:34:55.698-05:002014-12-18T20:34:55.698-05:00Some day when people aren't so scrupulous. Hop...Some day when people aren't so scrupulous. Hopefully. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-27519392080169878872014-12-18T20:12:16.120-05:002014-12-18T20:12:16.120-05:00Oh, that change will come.Oh, that change will come.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-12621594579316929522014-12-18T10:05:11.559-05:002014-12-18T10:05:11.559-05:00Thank you Bjorn for the wonderful comment, but I d...Thank you Bjorn for the wonderful comment, but I don't think I would like to start a revolution based off from this poem (lol). :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-64767874090852197702014-12-18T10:03:17.868-05:002014-12-18T10:03:17.868-05:00Yes it is so true. I mean I like that our country ...Yes it is so true. I mean I like that our country tries to help other people besides our own, but not when our own country is having more problems than who we are helping. <br /><br />Thank you so much for the comment, and I was happy to share this in The Imaginary Garden. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-84527253933246201092014-12-18T10:01:08.277-05:002014-12-18T10:01:08.277-05:00Some of the lines that come before and after help ...Some of the lines that come before and after help depict these two, but thank you so much for the comment Margaret. :) <br /><br />If you want to converse about it feel free to shoot me an email.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-61153735979188430652014-12-18T09:59:01.851-05:002014-12-18T09:59:01.851-05:00Thank you so much :)Thank you so much :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-34539946705138216082014-12-18T04:16:12.900-05:002014-12-18T04:16:12.900-05:00This is truly so much to ponder.. your words are s...This is truly so much to ponder.. your words are strong and desperate.. we need to find it in our hearts..so close to my own sentiment... and trust is so important but also so dangerous.. I think you approach the truth closest in the three lines<br /><br />The tragedy doesn't lie in those mountains<br />It wanders closer to the heart<br />Of every mortal man and woman.<br /><br />yes this is inclusive and not condemning. It means we need to help instead of putting down demands. Of listening and have patience.. of giving trust rather than demanding respect... there is so much to say.. but this is important enough to start a movement around.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-87629325961496576252014-12-18T01:32:39.755-05:002014-12-18T01:32:39.755-05:00Like a wolf pack we charge
Into a battle that isn&...Like a wolf pack we charge<br />Into a battle that isn't ours<br />To unite a people who don't want to be<br />Anything like you and me.<br /><br />This really sums it up for me. Yet it does say something of social conscience that we try to help those in war zones, even to the point of death.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing these thoughts in The Imaginary Garden.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-62085476968419547882014-12-18T00:14:21.643-05:002014-12-18T00:14:21.643-05:00Quite the conversation we could have… Your poem h...Quite the conversation we could have… Your poem has some beautiful lines and obviously this one can be used for both sides <br /><br />"Where weapons are the key<br />And considered a solution of might."<br /><br />Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-38846666957027473232014-12-17T23:44:16.451-05:002014-12-17T23:44:16.451-05:00When we stop forcing our will on others, perhaps p...When we stop forcing our will on others, perhaps peace will come. So much to consider in this piece. Great work!Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-9396850084619524412014-12-17T21:40:28.131-05:002014-12-17T21:40:28.131-05:00I feel like war isn't something that is starte...I feel like war isn't something that is started anymore, but more of a concept that we use to put an image on something we don't agree with. Just because two different sides bicker, that doesn't mean it is a war. Know what I mean? I really get tired of watching the news in the morning and seeing that there is violence. I wish there was more good news rather than bad news. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-82211350823391978472014-12-17T21:37:29.838-05:002014-12-17T21:37:29.838-05:00I was trying to reveal my standpoint on war, but a...I was trying to reveal my standpoint on war, but at the same time keep this open to the general idea that violence doesn't solve anything. There has been quite a bit of violent things happening this year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-64257098234494739692014-12-17T20:06:03.933-05:002014-12-17T20:06:03.933-05:00PS.: it also reminded me of the Lord of Flies and ...PS.: it also reminded me of the Lord of Flies and the fact that, under given circumstances, some of us wouldn't think twice before killing others.Kenia Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12893148474912410033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-6082436255580929042014-12-17T20:04:23.733-05:002014-12-17T20:04:23.733-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kenia Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12893148474912410033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-22777863593279830962014-12-17T20:00:45.927-05:002014-12-17T20:00:45.927-05:00I read your poem three or four times, I think my f...I read your poem three or four times, I think my favorite part is this:<br /><br /><i>The tragedy doesn't lie in those mountains<br />It wanders closer to the heart<br />Of every mortal man and woman.</i><br /><br />I think we're past the time war was something countries prepared armies for, and we shouldn't forget even armies are formed with human beings. <br /><br />Wars don't start in battlefields. War moves among us, it starts early to hang out with our friends, we (as in we the people) are told the mistakes from the past (and the recent present) so we can think of better ways to wage war against one another. <br /><br />I've just remembered of a scene in Inglorious Basterds I like very much, I'm assuming you watched it and you'll know what I'm talking about, it's that one with Hitler and his comrades in the movies. Do you remember him bursting out laughing at all the deaths in the big screen? I've always had the feeling Tarantino put it there to mean Hitler was laughing about makind - about people who laugh at the sight of brutal deaths, people who revel in blood and gratuitous violence from their comfortable spots.<br /><br />Peace should be a school subject as important as math is. Peace education is the only way out of war as I see it. <br /><br />Great poem, Kenn. <br /><br />xoxoKenia Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12893148474912410033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-4971346249336347202014-12-17T18:35:13.668-05:002014-12-17T18:35:13.668-05:00The use of the wolf is so effective.
This portio...The use of the wolf is so effective. <br /><br />This portion resonated for me:<br /><br />"Like a wolf pack we charge<br />Into a battle that isn't ours<br />To unite a people who don't want to be<br />Anything like you and me."<br /><br />The entirety is directly and poetically stated...well done. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-53079632408249478812014-12-17T18:05:05.149-05:002014-12-17T18:05:05.149-05:00I think the sooner people come to realize that the...I think the sooner people come to realize that their lives are their own, that they can do whatever they want to do, and as long as the action is positive, then there will be a light at the end of the rainbow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590129774774754740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2059054710948954061.post-51050754095221164902014-12-17T17:50:49.124-05:002014-12-17T17:50:49.124-05:00a lot of confusion in the world... greed doesn'...a lot of confusion in the world... greed doesn't help... and some things never seem to changeWolfsrosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295258422523621134noreply@blogger.com