tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post4215434065803064760..comments2023-09-19T05:00:33.470-07:00Comments on vision: Sumana Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-85711736844927275982014-08-07T04:44:50.191-07:002014-08-07T04:44:50.191-07:00I love the thought that your last few lines encaps...I love the thought that your last few lines encapsulates. It's hard to imagine that such oppressors started out as babies once...pure and innocent. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-37510623132887450342014-08-03T17:23:24.895-07:002014-08-03T17:23:24.895-07:00Nicely written message poem, Sumana. You did real...Nicely written message poem, Sumana. You did really good on the "feed on bread crumbs" reposition. It is better to give the children bread and "let the dogs eat the crumbs."Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-16573556544306389452014-08-03T13:54:20.797-07:002014-08-03T13:54:20.797-07:00Thank you for raising your voice and your pen agai...Thank you for raising your voice and your pen against such atrocities...we must learn peace before more eat crumbs and lie in the dust.lynn__https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991892804149727665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-22618317143600172332014-08-02T04:01:19.908-07:002014-08-02T04:01:19.908-07:00You tell it like it is!
And gruesome it is too. Ni...You tell it like it is!<br />And gruesome it is too. Nightmare turned reality. Powerful.avalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051456576217305095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-37338288461434155022014-08-02T03:54:20.141-07:002014-08-02T03:54:20.141-07:00War is so futile. Peace is the way - when will we ...War is so futile. Peace is the way - when will we learn that? Just as a side note, my poem is based on the diary of Anne Frank!Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337531041006701719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-75707280507903509332014-08-02T03:49:19.870-07:002014-08-02T03:49:19.870-07:00Woe indeed! Absolutely tragicWoe indeed! Absolutely tragicmagiceyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848851692951192508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-76639755372171904762014-08-01T19:06:09.661-07:002014-08-01T19:06:09.661-07:00… War - starvation, killing. We are capable of so...… War - starvation, killing. We are capable of so much and yet we seem to never learn. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-75318326996751551252014-08-01T17:09:56.828-07:002014-08-01T17:09:56.828-07:00whoa, so direct, so much power in your restraint h...whoa, so direct, so much power in your restraint here. this is really effective! i admire it. especially your refrain, so well done.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-82811590511078922902014-08-01T16:31:47.533-07:002014-08-01T16:31:47.533-07:00This Poem makes me want to grab a drum and drum an...This Poem makes me want to grab a drum and drum and drum and drum ... "A little bit impossible endurance needed<br />Before Time scourges the pestilence<br />From the shores"<br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-90087289038961421062014-08-01T16:18:35.770-07:002014-08-01T16:18:35.770-07:00Yes, children feeding on bread crumbs, and in some...Yes, children feeding on bread crumbs, and in some instances literally dirt cakes...love the hope at the end.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-89040263817063939452014-08-01T14:13:07.300-07:002014-08-01T14:13:07.300-07:00"children Feed on bread crumbs Lying in the d..."children Feed on bread crumbs Lying in the dust" a haunting refrain - in a very moving write, Sumana.Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-12119544652665631142014-08-01T14:05:06.759-07:002014-08-01T14:05:06.759-07:00The image of children feeding on bread crumbs will...The image of children feeding on bread crumbs will stay with me a long time......I love the hope in your closing stanza. People willing, may be it so.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-4193530129495551872014-08-01T13:44:14.526-07:002014-08-01T13:44:14.526-07:00War is a difficult question. Should not evil aggre...War is a difficult question. Should not evil aggression be fought? How can evil doers be changed? Will not passivity put the aggressor in power?<br /><br />War is a difficult question. The suffering can be terrible to witness. But life on earth is just a moment, and this life is not the real thing.Vacciniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631121664181976045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-50110226504817619952014-08-01T09:15:01.566-07:002014-08-01T09:15:01.566-07:00oh i can only hope that justice comes from beyond ...oh i can only hope that justice comes from beyond to the oppressors...and the greed that churns out bodies....woe indeed...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867053657182353336.post-66321623829076743632014-08-01T08:49:16.050-07:002014-08-01T08:49:16.050-07:00To the roaming killers
That live on oil, power
And...To the roaming killers<br />That live on oil, power<br />And children’s blood<br /><br />This is the whole problem in a nutshell.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.com