0293 Black, White, Gray, Color Comments

A very respectable poem Michael. This was indeed a pleasure to read, and yes.. an important keepsake I'm sure for many. Truly, Angie

Michael, this poem really ought to be published in the history books so our children and grandchildren can see the drab colors of the war and what hope the U.S. brought to our allies in Great Britain. 'Historical conclusions' have been written and re-written but within your wonderful poem is the drab color of war and fear against the rainbow of hope. This is beautifully done. I am bookmarking it and printing it out to show my family and friends. Thank you for this lovely rendering of a sorrowful time for you. Raynette

you seem to rally against historical conclusions in an attempt to arrive at a more sentimental or universal conclusion. the sense of the poem is similar to that in the early poems of ted hughes' birthday letters when sylvia plath enters his life in britain, the sense of american activity and colour, that was in 1955 and the stench of the war and disrepair hadn't left. the two world wars economically and physically drained us, killed our empire. america picked up the pieces. you portray this shift as moving from black and white to colour. maybe you are fortunate in a perverse way for your life to have spanned the period it has in history, for you have witnessed two separate ages, and there must be a wisdom of sorts in that.

Excellent poem, Michael - will we, as a universal society, ever learn? Again, excellent. Many hugs, CJ