tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post8267839961737038461..comments2024-03-26T03:11:42.678-04:00Comments on Behind Their Lines: Easter Monday and MemoryConnie R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-7834776945467830532022-03-28T07:34:54.349-04:002022-03-28T07:34:54.349-04:00Wonderful history, fascinating poem. Thanks for sh...Wonderful history, fascinating poem. Thanks for sharing these insights!Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-84514441152130922562022-03-24T09:50:45.885-04:002022-03-24T09:50:45.885-04:00Robert Graves would often stay with his friend Sel...Robert Graves would often stay with his friend Selwyn Jepson (Recruiter for the women of S.O.E) just across the valley from Bees Cottage. Have you sampled the poem by Leo Marks of the Second World War "The life that I have is all that I have" ? The poem always reduced to tears a friend of mine (Who also knew Robert Graves) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122179572052856451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-19231259499959829952022-03-24T07:53:04.834-04:002022-03-24T07:53:04.834-04:00If the landscape could whisper its secrets...If the landscape could whisper its secrets...Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-48302519329699974032022-03-24T04:36:17.174-04:002022-03-24T04:36:17.174-04:00Remember Edward Thomas lived at Bees Cottage. I pa...Remember Edward Thomas lived at Bees Cottage. I pass it everyday. Rupert Brooke walk the same lanes when visiting Noel Oliver at Bedales school.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122179572052856451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-55552177399363238342022-03-23T22:39:07.821-04:002022-03-23T22:39:07.821-04:00Thank you for the title and author. For all intere...Thank you for the title and author. For all interested, here's a link to that poem: https://war-poetry.livejournal.com/607468.html<br /><br />As well, this blog has another poem on telling the bees by Katharine Tynan. Here's the link to that poem: https://behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2016/01/telling-bees.htmlConnie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-28679459397781846742022-03-23T19:26:41.637-04:002022-03-23T19:26:41.637-04:00Try the war poem "telling the bees" by R...Try the war poem "telling the bees" by Rev.George Edward Rees (1854-circa 1941).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122179572052856451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-67091169323162203802019-01-18T09:10:56.446-05:002019-01-18T09:10:56.446-05:00I loveeee this masterpiece I loveeee this masterpiece Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-87632859113371545902018-07-11T07:30:02.498-04:002018-07-11T07:30:02.498-04:00its good its good Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-80109223413869056532018-02-13T08:18:14.062-05:002018-02-13T08:18:14.062-05:00Fascinating family history -- thanks for sharing, ...Fascinating family history -- thanks for sharing, Ian. And now I'm going to try to find the song you referenced....Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-55378880279116461532018-02-13T08:05:23.617-05:002018-02-13T08:05:23.617-05:00Interesting family, the Farjeons. Her mother was N...Interesting family, the Farjeons. Her mother was New York born . Bizarrly, Eleanor wrote the song 'I've danced with a man who danced with a girl who's danced with the Prince of Wales'. One of her brothers was a conscientious objector.Ian Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10253106381895084914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-88617679254966431652018-02-13T07:36:41.615-05:002018-02-13T07:36:41.615-05:00How complex simplicity can be. Lovely.How complex simplicity can be. Lovely.Ian Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10253106381895084914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-26730298372140172092017-04-17T14:20:57.777-04:002017-04-17T14:20:57.777-04:00It gets me every time -- the understated bleakness...It gets me every time -- the understated bleakness of her grief. Thanks for reading, Carol. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-13155787499158691842017-04-17T10:59:32.428-04:002017-04-17T10:59:32.428-04:00Love this poem.Love this poem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04623161710358724576noreply@blogger.com