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  • on The Parable Of The Old Man And The Young by Wilfred Owen, on July 3, 2004
    Smilingspider, we are in complete agreement on Wilfred Owen’s poetry. When I said ‘He was consumed by the war’ I meant as your described, I was trying to relate that the horror of the war consumed him such that he found true passion in his poetry and also that the war also took his life.

    Not only is Wilfred Owen a good read, he is really an interesting study. Prior to the war he tried so hard to emulate the love poets but couldn’t find their passion, yet when he found his voice he had their passion anyway. Sadly he was really an anti-love poet.

    And; I like your comment now – lets leave Uncle Sam at home, and hope he stays there. However I do share your observation on the naivety. (It’s what happens if you replace review with slapstick, I think.)

    I’m sure it’s not lost on you, also. The horror of WWI was created quite innocently out of nothing more than a simple array of national alignment, agreements coupled with just a little international interference. We live in dangerous times.

  • on The Parable Of The Old Man And The Young by Wilfred Owen, on July 2, 2004
    Hey Smilingspider be nice. – You picked a wonderful poem and poet to promote – I think, Wilfred Owen is such a yardstick. He tried so hard to be a poet, without success. He objected to the war initially but changed his mind and was consumed by it, but what a platform it became for his voice (verse). Another sad reality of life. As an aside have you ever read any of his “Letters to Susan” The letters are so vivid, ‘wonderful’ not only because of what he describes but also because of the language he uses in doing so, even better than his poetry (Susan was his Mother). – really worth the read (be warned if you lend people your book of "Letters to Susan" the borrower will keep it – it has happened to me three times so far). Thank you for promoting the poem – I love it (and; I too would like to stop the middle east thing).
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