tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post253948783856174607..comments2024-03-22T07:52:09.997-04:00Comments on Another Porch ...A Poetry Blog: Thoughts of a Dying SoldierJanet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-58787049656942284842011-10-04T07:06:38.895-04:002011-10-04T07:06:38.895-04:00Mike, that book begins and ends out on the mountai...Mike, that book begins and ends out on the mountains, with Hemingway describing the setting so vividly, it really did move me immensely. I've come to expect the not so perfect endings from him, but that is what makes it authentic, I guess.<br /><br />This poem was sort of what I imagined him to be thinking as he lay there dying...<br />When I read a book I tend to read it slowly, and sort of live the characters:)Janet Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-66872847270211656102011-10-03T13:27:35.738-04:002011-10-03T13:27:35.738-04:00This is truly lovely, Janet.
I've just now r...This is truly lovely, Janet. <br /><br />I've just now recovered from your post of a couple of day ago to the point I can comment again. You have a way of cutting through my defenses and digging to my deepest emotions. <br /><br />“Thoughts of a Dying Soldier” is one of your best. It's been at least thirty years since I've read “The Sun Also Rises.” I may have to read it again if it inspired this poem.Mike Patrickhttp://thepoetsquill.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com