tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post3789079129518273330..comments2024-03-26T03:11:42.678-04:00Comments on Behind Their Lines: Song of the MudConnie R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-83462068278228760562022-02-09T15:27:22.072-05:002022-02-09T15:27:22.072-05:00Thank you.
I have translated Borden's poem int...Thank you.<br />I have translated Borden's poem into Ukrainian.<br />Since the outbreak Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014 I used to translate war poems of WWI for readers in our country, because it is very important for us both 'Never Again!' and 'Save Ukraine'.Slovodiemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031846900851471330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-70390800488053594802021-12-02T21:08:39.208-05:002021-12-02T21:08:39.208-05:00Thank you for reading :)Thank you for reading :)Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-4230358103696548682021-12-01T21:20:28.660-05:002021-12-01T21:20:28.660-05:00Thank you Connie. I love your analysis and insight...Thank you Connie. I love your analysis and insights as I have never been good at that.Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765572453581536607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-42153106394791902702020-09-29T03:08:33.050-04:002020-09-29T03:08:33.050-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.English Literaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15240271716585870776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-54291252268743192612018-08-09T23:44:14.064-04:002018-08-09T23:44:14.064-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Black Minhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111450808034637369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-56304794944264824792017-12-03T12:14:24.495-05:002017-12-03T12:14:24.495-05:00Thank goodness for the friendly farmers of the Som...Thank goodness for the friendly farmers of the Somme! Thanks for reading and responding. :)Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-7188131578192568422017-12-03T12:09:55.993-05:002017-12-03T12:09:55.993-05:00Thanks so very much for reading and for responding...Thanks so very much for reading and for responding -- and yay for local libraries! :)Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-39330390592529198402017-12-02T16:30:37.900-05:002017-12-02T16:30:37.900-05:00Mary Borden is first women writer of the Great War...Mary Borden is first women writer of the Great War that I had read, and just a few years ago. But I've only read her memoir. It is wonderful to be introduced to some of her poetry, too. I will have to look for more. Discovering some of these writers has made my local library dig into the stacks at time. It was quite a job to find a copy of A Diary without Dates this past summer. Thank you so much for this wonderful blog. Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365247784403569576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-11972762418147358902017-12-02T08:34:39.238-05:002017-12-02T08:34:39.238-05:00Yes she did well in this excellent poem to identif...Yes she did well in this excellent poem to identify mud as a common mute uncaring enemy to the soldiery of all nationalities - I once got stuck in the mud being a little ambitious with my car exploring a back road on the Somme - and cursed it while waiting for a friendly farmer to tow me out - and then cursed myself for my impatience as I was on my way back to comfort in 90 minutes unlike the men of my grandfathers generation.Ian Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10253106381895084914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-31564042855203858232017-03-19T11:07:26.564-04:002017-03-19T11:07:26.564-04:00Pam, what wonderful information; I'm looking f...Pam, what wonderful information; I'm looking forward to researching Ellen LaMotte's "Backwash of War" as well as Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant's "Shadow Shapes" - I hadn't known of either. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-10068543776966341842017-03-19T08:29:29.087-04:002017-03-19T08:29:29.087-04:00Thank you for writing about Borden. "The Forb...Thank you for writing about Borden. "The Forbidden Zone" is indeed unforgettable because Borden refused to hide reality from readers. It is a pity that she wasn't able to publish the book when it would have had a blistering impact on the public perception of war. Women wrote defiantly and graphically (more graphically than the war poets)about war as they experienced it. Governments feared them, thus they found their work censored -- like Borden's friend Ellen LaMotte with her Backwash of War. Women did not need to be on the battlefield to know war intimately. Do you know Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant's "Shadow Shapes," her account of being severely wounded in a "man's" war? ‘Last night the ward was like a sombre tunnel, full of smoke and noxious gas; monstrous moving shadows; painful reverberation.’ She would not have known Wilfred Owen's poetry when she wrote that line. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845849566530252669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-3764543427933016582015-11-19T12:03:29.270-05:002015-11-19T12:03:29.270-05:00So glad you're enjoying some of the lesser-kno...So glad you're enjoying some of the lesser-known poets, Hannah. I've also found the women's voices that have been lost and forgotten to be poignant and insightful. If you can find a copy of Mary Borden's "The Forbidden Zone," it's an unforgettable book. Feel free to share the blog with others! Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-66397216188726029072015-11-19T11:56:14.853-05:002015-11-19T11:56:14.853-05:00I really enjoyed this, thanks! Your blog has provi...I really enjoyed this, thanks! Your blog has provided a great way to introduce myself to some of the lesser-known poets as part of my undergrad work on Mary Borden and her contemporaries.Hannahnoreply@blogger.com