Monday, January 13, 2003

Blood Oranges Comments

Rating: 3.5

In 1936, a child
in Hitler's Germany,
what did I know about the war in Spain?
Andalusia was a tango
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Lisel Mueller
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Tom Allport 13 July 2022

A wonderful write written through the innocent eyes of childhood memories.

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Khairul Ahsan 25 July 2020

'in which the woods stood safe under the moon's milky eye and the white fog in the meadows aspired to become lighter than air' - loved these concluding lines of the poem.

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Dr Antony Theodore 25 July 2020

while I was reading a poem by a long-dead German poet in which the woods stood safe under the moon's milky eye White fog in the meadows. lovely poetic expressions. tony

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Edward Kofi Louis 25 July 2020

Childhood! ! ! ! Memories! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Savita Tyagi 25 July 2020

This is the power of poetry to take one into its own dreamworld, no matter what age, time or surroundings. Beautiful poem...worthy of member poem place.

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Mahtab Bangalee 25 July 2020

War war war Not a slight leisure Death hill standed on drear Oh; news of blo0d sucking Scribed the poetic pen Rightfully; ...... No leisure of war still It seems won't come the tranquil

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Tamara Beryl Latham 25 July 2020

An exceptional poem that highlights the view through the eyes of a child that centers on Hitler's Germany. You give the reader an understanding of the ignorance of children and their ability to endure through a crisis. Congratulations on POD. : -)

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Juhaina Tumlu 25 July 2020

Nicely composed poem

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Colleen Courtney 17 May 2014

Love the story that plays out in the mind while reading this fabulous write.

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