“A Field of unmarked graves” by Carl D’Agostino

January 21, 2014

Carl D'Agostino

28 responses to ““A Field of unmarked graves” by Carl D’Agostino”

poetreecreations
March 19th, 2014 at 16:12

Many years ago I used to be a member of the American civil war Society in the uk
So I can relate to this poem
I wrote poem on this subject Confederate dream
Regards Thomas

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- Carl D'Agostino
  March 19th, 2014 at 17:17
  
  I don’t do much poetry and usually only 8-12 lines but I am delighted you visited and commented on the poem.
  
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Red
January 21st, 2014 at 15:14

Quietly appreciative.

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 15:22
  
  …as does it strike me.
  
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jbstoons
January 21st, 2014 at 13:12

Makes you wonder about the place we live. What it’s history was.

Sent from my iPhone

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 14:43
  
  I am not optimistic about the future’s history.
  
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Mark Petruska
January 21st, 2014 at 13:04

Very powerful – both your post and VB Holmes’ poem.

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 14:42
  
  VBH does have the writer’s pen.
  
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vbholmes
January 21st, 2014 at 11:51

Hi Carl, thank you so much for asking me to post my poem on your site. A high honor, indeed!

“My Life in Six Words”

“White dress. War bride. Black dress.”

All in white
I walked
to
and
from
the altar
my high school
sweetheart
clad in
khaki
beaming
by my side.

Nine months
passed
my love
came home
a flag
atop
his wooden suit.

Now
all in black
I walk
to
and
from
the altar
where I pray
for
the soul
of my love
his
fatherless
child
clad in
pink
weeping
by my side.

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 11:57
  
  You and John(below-Poemsandponderings) are in great form today. Thanks for enhancing quality of this post.
  
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  - vbholmes
    January 21st, 2014 at 18:37
    
    You’re very welcome, Carl. I’d like you to add your poem to your comment on my post if you could. Your sensitive words apply to all wars.
    
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poemsandponderings
January 21st, 2014 at 10:57

“The silence echoed o’er the field
louder than the guns.
Gone now from here, the god of war,
but on another field, blood runs!”

Thank you for the inspiration for the above. I plan to work on expanding it.
But unfortunately there is no end to war Carl, only a change of venue..

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 11:07
  
  It is certainly a meaningful addition to my humble effort.
  
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  - poemsandponderings
    January 24th, 2014 at 01:30
    
    Thank you, but your effort is anything but humble. Nice work.
    
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Emily Cannell
January 21st, 2014 at 08:55

Beautiful Carl.

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 09:22
  
  Thanks E.
  
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Let's CUT the Crap!
January 21st, 2014 at 08:05

Unmarked, indeed. 😉

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 09:25
  
  Unfortunately so. All the “isms” amount to nothing except the broken hearts of mothers and fathers.
  
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  - Let's CUT the Crap!
    January 22nd, 2014 at 00:04
    
    Sigh…
    
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earthriderjudyberman
January 21st, 2014 at 07:27

Tragic. Differences that split up families, friends and the nation. The old war wounds have not healed for some. Sixthsymph said it best.

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 09:26
  
  She is one of my fav poets. She climbed Mt. Everest a while back.
  
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Maxi
January 21st, 2014 at 06:23

May we never forget … freedom isn’t free—someone pays for you and me.
blessings ~ maxi

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 09:28
  
  It is easy to rail in the anti war parade and yes that is admirable. Unfortunately most often it is the only way evil can be destroyed and freedom protected.
  
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  - Maxi
    January 22nd, 2014 at 05:55
    
    My sentiments exactly, Carl.
    blessings ~ maxi
    
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sixthsymph
January 21st, 2014 at 05:52

I always find it amazing, this natural ease with which the earth absorbs, forgets and, it seems, even forgives the atrocities to which it bears witness. Quite unlike the human mind.

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- Carl D'Agostino
  January 21st, 2014 at 09:31
  
  I visited the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania and spent the greater part of the day. I expected echoes. Echoes of screams, bugles , drums and gunshot. Only silence . A very disturbing silence indeed.
  
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  - sixthsymph
    January 21st, 2014 at 10:16
    
    What you’re saying reminds me of my visit to the Killing Fields near Phnom Penh in Cambodia. There, too, there was only silence, disturbing, as you say, piercing and heavy. I remember sitting on a bench by the lake and crying – as quietly as possible so as not to disturb that living and breathing silence.
    
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  - Carl D'Agostino
    January 21st, 2014 at 10:25
    
    I saw that film in 1984. It has ever influenced my thinking about USA intervention. I don’t care if public lied to about weapons of mass destruction allegedly held by Sadaam in Iraq or if just poor intelligence. The fact that the regime kept population in fear with “rape rooms” justifies total intervention and regime replacement.
    
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