The Last Chore
(Based on the young women killedby a landmine explosion in Eastern Afghanistan.)The house is cold,its flame dying.Girls are sentto gather wood.They walk toward the fieldwhere branches and weedsare...
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Wendy, How horrifyingly real this is...what a sad fate for these lovely flowers! The details start to mount as the poem begins to zoom in to the very pebbles penetrating the girl's shoe. Did you mean...
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Hi Rich Thank you so much for this keen and perceptive reaction to my poem! I was hoping the details, presented deliberately in a stark and progressive way, would seem very real, very close and...
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I had forgotten actually how quickly you could bring a tear to my eyes. My 20 yr old grandson is in Afghanistan right now. This touched - Dinah
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Wendy,It is noteworthy that no doves were seen flying.The cold house was a premonition, but thehawks were an omen. You did such a masterfuljob of building the tension, of showing the...
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Wendy you bring the horror of this story starkly home to the reader. I had not heard/read about this. Regards, Maryse
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That sun like a brass coin that's cracked builds toward the tension. The reader feels the innocence of the girls with the lines re their braided hair tied with string. Poignant writing, Wendy. Enjoyed...
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Wendy, this chore of gathering firewood is so common to all of us. how can we make sense of our world? you do such a great job of depicting in graphic terms just how awful and yet how common scenes...
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Wendy, this cuts deep. The senseless loss of life is repeated time and again, and not just in current war zones, but in so many places where conflict supposedly ended many, many years ago.
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A vivid and sad poem Wendy and very unfortunately this scene has been all too real for all too many.
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Hi Dinah It's so good to see you back, it's been awhile. THank you for yoru sensitive understanding of this piece. I will pray for you grandson in Afghanastan. Our military makes such deep sacrifices...
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That was sad news indeed, Wendy, but your tribute to the these girls is beautiful. Francina
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