Thursday, April 15, 2010

The War In The Air Comments

Rating: 3.4

For a saving grace, we didn't see our dead,
Who rarely bothered coming home to die
But simply stayed away out there
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Howard Nemerov
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Susan Williams 04 July 2016

How have I managed not to hear of this poet before? This is the stuff literature is made of- a giant walking among us and seeing that which we haven't and thus enriching our lives.

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John Mccullagh 04 July 2016

Very well done. good poem of this genre

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Barry Middleton 04 July 2016

A really good poem about the air war of WWII. Underrated as are many of the poems from the past.

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Edward Kofi Louis 04 July 2016

War! ! We didn't see our dead. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Howard Nemerov

Howard Nemerov

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