tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post5696487840116442473..comments2024-03-29T03:07:01.375-04:00Comments on True Wanderings: Cost of a TossTruedessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-25751737845159358922015-03-03T20:59:27.631-05:002015-03-03T20:59:27.631-05:00thank you for visiting..thank you for visiting..Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-38798187529591567652015-03-03T20:59:09.870-05:002015-03-03T20:59:09.870-05:00thank you...I just felt the words..thank you...I just felt the words..Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-52270006294324950722015-03-02T07:46:17.479-05:002015-03-02T07:46:17.479-05:00This is very powerful, accentuated by the shortnes...This is very powerful, accentuated by the shortness of the poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-56124127882270753592015-02-28T15:56:30.492-05:002015-02-28T15:56:30.492-05:00Very creative, made those words your own - the rep...Very creative, made those words your own - the repetition was powerful!Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-61722700709948332982015-02-28T09:32:52.671-05:002015-02-28T09:32:52.671-05:00I wonder what can stop what has begun?I wonder what can stop what has begun?Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-64577577136784946802015-02-27T23:15:49.080-05:002015-02-27T23:15:49.080-05:00"no weapons halt what has begun"...a pow..."no weapons halt what has begun"...a powerful line about the futility of violence to solve problems. Powerful use of Brian's line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-29043207396105570822015-02-27T22:32:45.885-05:002015-02-27T22:32:45.885-05:00The hospitals are full and still so many are wound...The hospitals are full and still so many are wounded needing care and sad about the cemeteries.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-45828103473082404442015-02-27T22:31:40.518-05:002015-02-27T22:31:40.518-05:00Thanks SherryThanks SherryTruedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-7664632832335305452015-02-27T22:31:25.507-05:002015-02-27T22:31:25.507-05:00I wonder when or if war will ever end???I wonder when or if war will ever end???Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-74250122463459380852015-02-27T22:30:58.927-05:002015-02-27T22:30:58.927-05:00thanks, Brian's words are the refrain..thanks, Brian's words are the refrain..Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-91092820712477987812015-02-27T22:30:32.715-05:002015-02-27T22:30:32.715-05:00Thanks Myrna - Unfortunately, war is a reality in ...Thanks Myrna - Unfortunately, war is a reality in an ever changing world.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-70302193873621426162015-02-27T22:29:36.288-05:002015-02-27T22:29:36.288-05:00Battles will always continue in the fight for powe...Battles will always continue in the fight for power a never ending cycle.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-27860036138012843272015-02-27T22:28:02.234-05:002015-02-27T22:28:02.234-05:00haha - that is true..haha - that is true..Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-16927752669887465192015-02-27T22:25:44.448-05:002015-02-27T22:25:44.448-05:00every day now, we hear the sabers rattling; fear ...every day now, we hear the sabers rattling; fear & profiling stirred up in our coffee--moving the war on terror into its second decade, the VA/military hospitals full, & so are the cemeteries. Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-44423357041923140212015-02-27T11:56:28.565-05:002015-02-27T11:56:28.565-05:00Fantastic. It says it all, briefly and potently.Fantastic. It says it all, briefly and potently.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-77585392389118484352015-02-27T11:51:18.270-05:002015-02-27T11:51:18.270-05:00I like the different response -this one of the pri...I like the different response -this one of the price of war ~ Its too high, I agree ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-70438832608383876692015-02-27T11:39:51.227-05:002015-02-27T11:39:51.227-05:00the repeated refrain is very effective - such a gr...the repeated refrain is very effective - such a great cost indeedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-19669156569869059772015-02-27T11:02:19.318-05:002015-02-27T11:02:19.318-05:00The cost is immense. Sad, that although we know t...The cost is immense. Sad, that although we know this, war wages on as if it were a necessary part of humanity. Your poem makes a powerful statement.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-7935357389958553662015-02-27T10:08:27.094-05:002015-02-27T10:08:27.094-05:00They cost in many a way, but they keep on waging o...They cost in many a way, but they keep on waging on, never ending cycle.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-64102139883387806992015-02-27T10:05:48.683-05:002015-02-27T10:05:48.683-05:00There would be a lot fewer wars if it required the...There would be a lot fewer wars if it required the heads of states to duke it out to the death instead of armies!Debi Swimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255928985823418669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-1225724708981381202015-02-27T06:54:46.059-05:002015-02-27T06:54:46.059-05:00There have always been battles since the earliest ...There have always been battles since the earliest of times. The choice of weapons have greatly changed through the hourglass..Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-57609646980374962172015-02-27T06:51:57.811-05:002015-02-27T06:51:57.811-05:00haha - I didn't think about that when I wrote ...haha - I didn't think about that when I wrote a triolet..Are we allowed to write more than one..that cat line of yours really speaks to me as well..Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-30458470735723790802015-02-27T06:49:57.890-05:002015-02-27T06:49:57.890-05:00Thanks for visiting Rosemary..Thanks for visiting Rosemary..Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-60447648653083249662015-02-27T06:49:25.425-05:002015-02-27T06:49:25.425-05:00Thanks Bjorn the cost is high and has a ripple eff...Thanks Bjorn the cost is high and has a ripple effect..Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134456815105334121.post-12707051012215132872015-02-27T06:48:17.858-05:002015-02-27T06:48:17.858-05:00That is true and I wonder will we ever learnThat is true and I wonder will we ever learnTruedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.com