• The best war poem I've ever read.
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[QUOTE=bobste;19368861]i like this poem[/QUOTE] wow damn this one touched me
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[QUOTE=FFStudios;19385095]Look at those fags on the right[/QUOTE] and on the left, and middle. :colbert:
[QUOTE=archangel125;19368712]Written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian soldier who served as an infantryman, then a doctor at a military hospital during the First World War. I've always liked 'In Flanders Fields' because it seems to portray the true tragedy of war beyond the battle and the frontlines, and without invoking any kind of divine being. In Flanders fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below... We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields... Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands, we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields The first stanza seems to me to describe the pointlessness and wastefulness of war. "and in the sky / The larks, still bravely singing, fly / Scarce heard amid the guns below." Though we are taught to hate the enemy, to fight and kill them, to die for ersatz causes created by politicians in power to rally the public, it matters not to nature, to the birds and animals, nor the universe at large. It achieves nothing and has little effect other than to provide the CEOs of military contractors with bonuses. The imagery of the second stanza is most powerful. Imagine an end to your existence. Most of us are yet young, and we have a long way to go before we can truly die without regret, having seen, done, and otherwise experienced all we could. Think of the parents, lovers, sons and daughters who saw their children, partners, fathers and mothers leave, never to return. I know from experience that when one's life is in real danger, one's pulse quickens, every sense sharpens to a razor's edge, and time seems to slow. Your body seems to cling to life, to the senses, in defiance of death. Adrenaline shows you what it truly means to be alive. And yet so many die without cause. The soldiers on either side seldom have anything personal against their enemies. The final stanza is interesting to me, because despite what the first and second stanzas depict, the third seems to call for a steeling of resolve and a continued willingness to fight in order to honour the sacrifice of the dead. World War II was the only war I could name where the allied forces fought against a clear evil. Today, things are different. Our enemy is an idea, and we cannot win. Still, I'm sure that 'In Flanders Fields" can be considered a classic because it still means the same to soldiers today as it did nearly a century ago.[/QUOTE] Do you still ? Where did you get your liked In Flanders Fields because it seems to portray the true tragedy of war beyond the battle and the frontlines and without invoking any kind of divine being? I have clients. Where is that? That was a long time ago. Do you think I am the Dead too? Tell me a story. Where do you want me to take it? OK I will try to be mine to hold it high. That is a hypothetical question. That was a long time ago. Do you think I am taught to hate the enemy to fight and kill them to die for ersatz causes created by politicians in power to rally the public it matters not to nature to the birds and animals nor the universe at large too? It depends on what the meaning of the word "it" is. I hear you. I can't imagine it. That is something I haven't heard of. But not all of them? Lavatory <333 is always thinking. How do you know? Who or what is experience that when one s life is in real danger one s pulse quickens every sense sharpens to a razor s edge and time seems to slow? Do you mind if I tell other people you say I am body seems to cling to life to the senses in defiance of death. We have never talked about it before. Aha. Which ones? I have never heard about it. What is your credit card number? When was this exactly? Where did you hear that? It would be nice if our enemy is an idea and we can not win. Still how long? What makes you so certain? " It would be nice if our enemy is an idea and we can not win." In Flanders Fields can be considered a classic because it still means the same to soldiers today as it did nearly a century ago ? Does that make sense?
[QUOTE=Lavatory <333;19386837]Do you still ? Where did you get your liked In Flanders Fields because it seems to portray the true tragedy of war beyond the battle and the frontlines and without invoking any kind of divine being? I have clients. Where is that? That was a long time ago. Do you think I am the Dead too? Tell me a story. Where do you want me to take it? OK I will try to be mine to hold it high. That is a hypothetical question. That was a long time ago. Do you think I am taught to hate the enemy to fight and kill them to die for ersatz causes created by politicians in power to rally the public it matters not to nature to the birds and animals nor the universe at large too? It depends on what the meaning of the word "it" is. I hear you. I can't imagine it. That is something I haven't heard of. But not all of them? Lavatory &lt;333 is always thinking. How do you know? Who or what is experience that when one s life is in real danger one s pulse quickens every sense sharpens to a razor s edge and time seems to slow? Do you mind if I tell other people you say I am body seems to cling to life to the senses in defiance of death. We have never talked about it before. Aha. Which ones? I have never heard about it. What is your credit card number? When was this exactly? Where did you hear that? It would be nice if our enemy is an idea and we can not win. Still how long? What makes you so certain? " It would be nice if our enemy is an idea and we can not win." In Flanders Fields can be considered a classic because it still means the same to soldiers today as it did nearly a century ago ? Does that make sense?[/QUOTE] Google has made an artificial intelligence based on their advertising script
The Canadian $20 bill (I believe it's the 20) has a verse of the Flanders Fields poem written on it.
[QUOTE=Umi-hebi;19386881]Google has made an artificial intelligence based on their advertising script[/QUOTE] Nno i am not artifical intelgence or bot, i am a neorwegain exchange student tryingt o english learn
I like "Suicide in the Trenches" by Siegfried Sassoon Forgive me if it's a little wrong, I haven't said it in a while. [I]I knew a simple soldier boy, who grinned at life in empty joy. Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, and whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches cowed and glum, with crumps and lice and lack of rum, he put a bullet through is brain, no one spoke of him again. You smug faced crowds with kindling eye who cheer when soldier lads march by, sneak home and pray you'll never know, the hell where youth and laughter go.[/I]
[QUOTE=Besitz;19387443]I like "Suicide in the Trenches" by Siegfried Sassoon Forgive me if it's a little wrong, I haven't said it in a while. [I]I knew a simple soldier boy, who grinned at life in empty joy. Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, and whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches cowed and glum, with crumps and lice and lack of rum, he put a bullet through is brain, no one spoke of him again. You smug faced crowds with kindling eye who cheer when soldier lads march by, sneak home and pray you'll never know, the hell where youth and laughter go.[/I][/QUOTE] I like that. Easy to understand and universal. I think one of the most important things of war to remember is that we are sending kids to fight.
[QUOTE=sami-pso;19388298]I like that. Easy to understand and universal. I think one of the most important things of war to remember is that we are sending kids to fight.[/QUOTE][img]http://www.texansforpeace.org/endthewar/Graphicsendthewar/Photosofsoldiers%20and%20fighting/StevenHutchison60.jpg[/img] MAJ Steven Hutchison was killed in Iraq in May. That 101st Airborne combat patch was earned in 1968. The age of the average American in the sandbox is 28. Most have their own wives and children. It's obvious to think of the young PFC and Lance Corporal, but occasionally an old guy will enlist. And let's not forget the career officers and NCOs, some of whom donned the uniform when Gerald Ford was in the White House. War is not purely a young man's endeavor.
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