tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post6896861522446252740..comments2024-03-28T18:56:40.998-07:00Comments on STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: Thirsty RootsSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-33513218057815669762012-06-28T04:24:31.489-07:002012-06-28T04:24:31.489-07:00it breaks my heart! beautifully written though suc...it breaks my heart! beautifully written though such a difficult subject.<br /><br />♥my heart's love songshttp://myheartslovesongs.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-76853359167829905652012-06-27T21:05:20.078-07:002012-06-27T21:05:20.078-07:00A very heartfelt write...it is really soaked in a ...A very heartfelt write...it is really soaked in a deep thoughtful emotion...Sreejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395234979504881964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-33148824220594440462012-06-27T20:31:14.701-07:002012-06-27T20:31:14.701-07:00Perhaps the wheat
is a richer golden color
I lik...Perhaps the wheat <br />is a richer golden color<br /><br />I like to think that is so. I gazed up the row of corn an thought, men stood there, shot down in rows, fell where they stood and where buried not far beyond the field... and many where buried in the fields. So, do the fields gather their life from the bodies below and grow a more golden color because of that? <br /><br />Do you know they called truces to gather their dead and wounded. Shook hands, chatted a bit, and then returned to their "sides" and started killing all over again? It was captured thus by a sketch artist... <br /><br />Thank you for your compassionate, evocatively sensitive poem.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-12207274547375476322012-06-26T13:16:48.985-07:002012-06-26T13:16:48.985-07:00It is hard to believe, Sherry... and we do forget ...It is hard to believe, Sherry... and we do forget so quickly. What a beautiful tribute you've written to the many who died in that field, and I love the final stanza - it's as if the earth's remembering is reflected in the richer colour of wheat...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-73131407902223603312012-06-25T22:58:41.459-07:002012-06-25T22:58:41.459-07:00A fine job indeed that you have done. And I knew ...A fine job indeed that you have done. And I knew that you were to link the blood with new growth ... I just knew it.Liz Rice-Sosnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705708193546909432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-70667711678636165022012-06-25T16:41:46.211-07:002012-06-25T16:41:46.211-07:00Sometimes it is hard to believe that our country w...Sometimes it is hard to believe that our country went through civil war. It is so heartbreaking. This is a beautiful piece filled with such emotion.<br /><br />I nominated you for an award. <br /><br />http://susiessentences.blogspot.com/2012/06/sisterhood-award.htmlSusie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-33728346886364307362012-06-25T14:40:06.459-07:002012-06-25T14:40:06.459-07:00Nature certainly has a way of renewing itself but ...Nature certainly has a way of renewing itself but I'm not sure it ever really forgets. This reminds me so much of a trip to the battlefields of Gettysburg as a teenager...even though the fields were green and quiet, there was still that undercurrent of desperation and death that just shook me to the core. A very powerfully written poem!Mary B. Mansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135589216216151585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-24200909957361260812012-06-25T13:09:34.789-07:002012-06-25T13:09:34.789-07:00Moving poem Sherry. As you know, I chose the same ...Moving poem Sherry. As you know, I chose the same one and I think our thoughts are in harmony on this issue.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811244438243200435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-21207863768542343682012-06-25T10:08:03.665-07:002012-06-25T10:08:03.665-07:00I am enjoying looking over your blog, and I really...I am enjoying looking over your blog, and I really enjoyed this. A very moving tribute Sherry!Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-6456412194187609142012-06-25T09:28:17.143-07:002012-06-25T09:28:17.143-07:00Your writing is so truthful. You capture the pain...Your writing is so truthful. You capture the pain and suffering of young ones in war. So sad.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-68348431175075907572012-06-25T06:16:45.658-07:002012-06-25T06:16:45.658-07:00Yes, what a contrast there is between the screams ...Yes, what a contrast there is between the screams of the wounded and dying young men and all the blood and carnage and that of new life growing, flowers and bees all buzzing with life.<br />This is an amazing write Sherry. Deeply moving because of all those young lives lost. I too wonder what the USA would look like today if the Union hadn't won. Very, very different I expect, especially for black folks.Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-87153351122828613772012-06-25T03:29:37.330-07:002012-06-25T03:29:37.330-07:00Sherry, the image is haunting and suits well your ...Sherry, the image is haunting and suits well your words and what they invoke in all of us who question the sanity of war and its purpose. Strangely enough, I watched War Horse with my granddaughter the other night, and your words are an echo of those scenes as well.<br /><br />ElizabethElizabethhttp://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-64100239521355768202012-06-25T00:35:45.498-07:002012-06-25T00:35:45.498-07:00So intense. Well done!So intense. Well done!Madeleine Begun Kanehttp://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-37484107018223770852012-06-25T00:15:40.837-07:002012-06-25T00:15:40.837-07:00Such an emotive piece of writing: I could hear the...Such an emotive piece of writing: I could hear the echo of those screams, and the contrasting sound of bees about their business. Between the juxtaposition lies history.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-71429780013447270972012-06-25T00:02:46.450-07:002012-06-25T00:02:46.450-07:00A sad episode Sherry! You've done well to vivi...A sad episode Sherry! You've done well to vividly lament all the insanity that only left remnants long forgotten by the following summer. Great write!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-38097315420154119262012-06-24T21:06:50.972-07:002012-06-24T21:06:50.972-07:00Sherry, my first instinct was to write to this ima...Sherry, my first instinct was to write to this image ... I am glad I didn't. Nothing could compare to what you have created. Beautiful, raw, real, heartbreaking. <br />War is Hell.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-87807072123114722612012-06-24T18:05:50.470-07:002012-06-24T18:05:50.470-07:00Sherry, you have an amazing way of capturing spot ...Sherry, you have an amazing way of capturing spot on and emotively as if you'd been witness to such sad loss. I'm always moved by your poetry...your very heart goes onto the page and I can feel it.<br /><br />I love the contrast that happens in this:<br /><br />"young soldiers <br />lying amidst the bluebells,<br />screaming out <br />in agony"<br /><br />So super striking...wow.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-43716281803913145132012-06-24T16:47:13.704-07:002012-06-24T16:47:13.704-07:00That picture is actually a challenge to write beca...That picture is actually a challenge to write because it is steeped in history. I specially like the last stanza Sherry ~ So sad to think it was all red and blood years ago ~ <br /><br />Happy Sunday ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-43790354578089328252012-06-24T16:02:51.858-07:002012-06-24T16:02:51.858-07:00So very hard to think of those Civil War days and ...So very hard to think of those Civil War days and all the deaths....but if this war would not have been fought, what would our country have been like today? THAT I wonder.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.com