How It Is

Another very smooth and interesting piece. I like the way you deliver the pain
"set the table for four.
It took her years
to kick the habit."
almost without saying it (at least it appears that way to me) and hope to learn from it ;-)

Silver-Spun-Sand this sounds true life lost Love way you have put it to-gether. in our time relative be shell shocked. We must pray particularly "Helmand" for uniforms and vehicles bullet proof vests and equipment to be 1OO% safe so many died it seems. Pray+ Peace to come.
julie God bless

Again the understatement in one of your poems is what makes it so powerful. There is real poignancy in the mundane images of cheese scones, stacking shelves, whilst the table-setting is deeply moving.

Is this a repost?

regards
Ewan

Jupiter, thank you for reading and your as always, in-depth comment. Much appreciated.

Tina

Julie - good morning to you and thank you for reading this. I would echo your comment, 'Pray and Peace to come.'

Tina:-)

Thanks, Ewan.

Yes, this is a re-work, which I was moved so to do, by watching last night's episode of 'Occupation'. It meant a late night, but most of us would-be poets are night owls, or seem to be.

You have a good memory:-)

Tina

'It took her years
to kick the habit.
His mates call him a hero.
They call her a widow
who tries to make
ends meet.'

I love the ending and the whole poem is full just wonderful. The atmosphere literally drips from this poem and the structure makes the poem almost three-dimensional.

A big well done! ;-)

Nathan.

I like this one Tina!
I think there may be real stories as such..

(^_^)
best regards,
yReNe

I remember you posting this before, dear Tina - and I'm glad it's got a cherry this time round! Very reminiscent of Owen, the way it pokes at patriotism - and quite rightly so!

Magic xxx

I remember this one, it quite took my breath away the first time around and did so again this time. Beautifully written Tina. Love Val x

Nathan - it means a lot when someone whose writing one admires leaves such a positive comment. I thank you for that and wish you a pleasant weekend...and I hope all those exams are over with. If not, good luck with the rest.

Tina;-)

Yrene - well thank you;-) I guess when one gets to my age there isn't much I can write about that hasn't happened in my life. Glad you enjoyed my poem.

Warm regards,
TiNa;-)

Val - many thanks and I hope you have a good weekend;-)

Tina xx

Magic - I apologise. I seem to have got you out of order;-) Never mind, better late than never, or so they say.

Thank you for reading and I think you might very well be right!

Tina xxx

It was the setting the table which got me. Simple, but so strong. Margot

I thank you, Margot, very much.

Tina

very nicely and sensitively portrayed

Thank you, Drax. Good of you to read and to comment so positively.

Tina:-)

Powerful, stirs the soul. well done.

My sincere thanks, not only for you taking the trouble to read, but also to comment so positively;-)

Tina

Thanks for this Tina.
War is a tough subject to write about and here you've found a way to approach it. Proves the adage that truth is in the details -- If I've remembered that expression right - there is a more religious version too ;)

ashb

ashb - many thanks to you for reading;-)

You are right in what you say about war, of course. There is always more than one side to anything and the harder one looks, the more facets there become.

Tina