tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post6687671395340039538..comments2024-03-26T03:11:42.678-04:00Comments on Behind Their Lines: Returning, we hear the larksConnie R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-1736589266514675272018-11-26T22:38:07.988-05:002018-11-26T22:38:07.988-05:00Thanks very much for this, Chris -- wonderful insi...Thanks very much for this, Chris -- wonderful insights and fascinating connections. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-26352821868839187512018-11-25T03:28:51.434-05:002018-11-25T03:28:51.434-05:00During a literary battlefield tour I once heard a ...During a literary battlefield tour I once heard a Jewish participant explain the inscription inside the David's star. It is customary to start the inscription with the Hebrew acronym פ"נ, meaning “Here is buried / פה נקבר, פה נטמן”, ending it with another acronym תנצבה, which means “May his (her) soul be bound in the bundle of life / תהיה נפשו/נפשה צרורה בצרור החיים”. <br /><br />The phrase is based on the verse in the Book of Samuel I 25:29 “May my master’s soul be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord your God." <br /><br />Rosenberg is "buried near this spot" (ie, his headstone) at St Laurent Blangy military cemetery (North of France). Looking away from there, the visitor's eye will be caught by a German cemetery. <br />Opposing sides reunited in death, much as in Wilfred Owen's verse "I am the enemy you killed, my friend" (Strange meeting). <br /> c.spriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362112445796023444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-84485809754597082232018-04-04T13:11:01.741-04:002018-04-04T13:11:01.741-04:00Thanks for sharing this poignant story -- intrigui...Thanks for sharing this poignant story -- intriguing and an important reminder of the work of the CWCG and the many men whose bodies were never found/identified. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-11885077700355702962018-04-04T04:16:36.993-04:002018-04-04T04:16:36.993-04:00Rosenberg is one of my favourite WW1 poets, and I ...Rosenberg is one of my favourite WW1 poets, and I have visited his 'grave' many times, on my annual visits to the Western Front. Buried initially in a single grave with others who fell with him, his body was exhumed after the war and moved to its final resting place. At least... all those who were exhumed together are buried close to each other at Bailleul Road East Cemetery - and each has a named gravestone, although it is not 100% certain which body was which, for obvious reasons. The CWCG website page for Rosenberg shows the detail, if anyone is interested - all documents are there, including the exhumation report purporting t refer to his body. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/312909/rosenberg,-isaac/ - However, as he was a slight man by all accounts, and short enough to serve in bantam battalions, the exhumation certificate cannot be his as it refers to a well built man of 5'9 or 10. All rather intriguing. I did email them a while back, to no avail. Still, his poetry has been shared with other travellers, in all weathers, standing as close to his resting place as one can. Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088301040602803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-21494640235665331072018-04-01T09:45:17.746-04:002018-04-01T09:45:17.746-04:00Death could drop from the dark
As easily as song –...Death could drop from the dark<br />As easily as song –<br />But song only dropped...<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting, CG. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-31752705920595085962018-03-31T23:51:51.226-04:002018-03-31T23:51:51.226-04:00Thank you for sharing this on your twitter feed. I...Thank you for sharing this on your twitter feed. I missed it when it was first posted. The poem itself is sad enough. The fact that no sign of Isaac Rosenberg was ever found again is just tragic. Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365247784403569576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-71995065784013876732018-03-31T23:49:10.972-04:002018-03-31T23:49:10.972-04:00Haunting.Haunting.Gabriella Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332053035849562689noreply@blogger.com