tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post7899202720677345454..comments2024-03-26T03:11:42.678-04:00Comments on Behind Their Lines: Wrecks of No Man's LandConnie R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-10704940693148686152020-07-18T08:21:08.639-04:002020-07-18T08:21:08.639-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15427186361777659737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-3404179014209998112020-01-18T19:37:56.731-05:002020-01-18T19:37:56.731-05:00The dead mock the idea that men still quick should...The dead mock the idea that men still quick should be enemies<br />".. an archipelago of corrupt fragments .." - what a horrifying but brilliant lineIan Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10253106381895084914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-82079728469442452592017-04-03T14:42:10.476-04:002017-04-03T14:42:10.476-04:00Inconceivable - and yet there it is, preserved in ...Inconceivable - and yet there it is, preserved in a poem that is so powerful that, as you said, Leighton, it gives one shivers. Thanks for reading and commenting. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-17898431150601158272017-04-03T12:00:11.440-04:002017-04-03T12:00:11.440-04:00The imagery here is intense and evocative... Arthu...The imagery here is intense and evocative... Arthur's words send a shiver down my spine as I read. We can but only begin to imagine how utterly awful this whole war must've been, for those who experienced it. I also liked the line in your commentary, Connie, "...using the dead as landmarks, the men who were comrades in arms before the war transformed them into signposts of No Man’s Land." It's just inconceivable... <br /><br />Leighton (Wiltshire at War)Leightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03253778918951744721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-51254973449529934082016-09-23T11:23:19.564-04:002016-09-23T11:23:19.564-04:00Beautifully said, Chris. Beautifully said, Chris. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-33221358138748822562016-09-23T10:44:08.559-04:002016-09-23T10:44:08.559-04:00While recalling in sound, smell and vision, just o...While recalling in sound, smell and vision, just one of those scenes and experiences that etched themselves into his mind and imagination, A.G. West's words continue alienating and harrowing their reader one hundred years on, regardless of the time and circumstances from which they sprang.<br /><br />It is utterly inconceivable, but it must have been so very real, that the dead in the postures in which they are lying, peppering the No Man's Land all over, are serving as signposts to those who are barely alive still.<br /><br />All that useless wastage of life... c.spriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362112445796023444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-62828996254615524162016-09-23T10:43:58.469-04:002016-09-23T10:43:58.469-04:00While recalling in sound, smell and vision, just o...While recalling in sound, smell and vision, just one of those scenes and experiences that etched themselves into his mind and imagination, A.G. West's words continue alienating and harrowing their reader one hundred years on, regardless of the time and circumstances from which they sprang.<br /><br />It is utterly inconceivable, but it must have been so very real, that the dead in the postures in which they are lying, peppering the No Man's Land all over, are serving as signposts to those who are barely alive still.<br /><br />All that useless wastage of life... c.spriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362112445796023444noreply@blogger.com