Comments on: 30 Poems in 30 Days: Courting Controversy http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/ The blog of writer J.C. Hewitt Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:21:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tom Zart http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-221756 Tom Zart Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:17:27 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-221756 UNYIELDING HONOR Weakness invites moral plight, war and aggression Encouraged by mistrust, misjudgment and delay. All we love can be destroyed and transformed By the powers of darkness maneuvering our way. When something wicked stares us in the face To corrupt our morals, faith and resolve. God gives us courage to defend what’s right No matter the sacrifice or danger involved. Evil seeks to destroy the good in man And silence the memory of God’s law. It’s up to the faithful to stay unyielding Defending the liberty and justice of all. Our men and woman who serve in harm’s way Are the armor of what the free world depends on. Without their sacrifice of body and soul All that we stand for is gone. By Tom Zart Most Published Poet On The Web UNYIELDING HONOR

Weakness invites moral plight, war and aggression
Encouraged by mistrust, misjudgment and delay.
All we love can be destroyed and transformed
By the powers of darkness maneuvering our way.

When something wicked stares us in the face
To corrupt our morals, faith and resolve.
God gives us courage to defend what’s right
No matter the sacrifice or danger involved.

Evil seeks to destroy the good in man
And silence the memory of God’s law.
It’s up to the faithful to stay unyielding
Defending the liberty and justice of all.

Our men and woman who serve in harm’s way
Are the armor of what the free world depends on.
Without their sacrifice of body and soul
All that we stand for is gone.

By Tom Zart
Most Published Poet
On The Web

]]> By: let s hear a story 30 poems http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-202710 let s hear a story 30 poems Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:03:07 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-202710 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Saul Nadata http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-184972 Saul Nadata Sun, 11 May 2008 04:19:04 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-184972 Your Paper Whoever you are, your paper came to our door today, all wrapped up like the stork’s bundle, chock full of tidbits on personal investing and with a full breakdown of the summer movies. We can only hope you were compensated, like maybe you got our paper instead, which never arrived, and you flipped straight to the editorials, the way I like to, and read This Rural Life to your wife, quietly relishing the words while she noses through a magazine during the baby’s nap. Saul Nadatas last blog post..<a href="http://featuredpoems.blogspot.com/2008/05/your-paper.html" rel="nofollow">Your Paper</a> Your Paper

Whoever you are,
your paper came to our door today,
all wrapped up like the stork’s bundle,
chock full of tidbits on personal investing
and with a full breakdown of the summer movies.

We can only hope you were compensated,
like maybe you got our paper instead,
which never arrived,
and you flipped straight to the editorials,
the way I like to,
and read This Rural Life to your wife,
quietly relishing the words
while she noses through a magazine
during the baby’s nap.

Saul Nadatas last blog post..Your Paper

]]> By: John Hewitt http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-119307 John Hewitt Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:16:25 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-119307 Rosemary: Bill's War is some of your best work yet. I like the plain spoken imagery. it felt very real, even in the second-hand telling. Rosemary:

Bill’s War is some of your best work yet. I like the plain spoken imagery. it felt very real, even in the second-hand telling.

]]> By: John Hewitt http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-119306 John Hewitt Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:10:59 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-119306 CM: Hard, short and sharp. much more to my liking than Frosts poem. Here's a link to "A Minor Bird" http://www.netpoets.com/classic/poems/076125.htm CM: Hard, short and sharp. much more to my liking than Frosts poem. Here’s a link to “A Minor Bird”

http://www.netpoets.com/classic/poems/076125.htm

]]> By: John Hewitt http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-119304 John Hewitt Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:05:11 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-119304 While I'm not a real fan of Robert Frost, when I think of "traditional" poetry I immediately think of him. I think that he perfectly sums up everything that came before him, which is why poetry had to take such a different direction afterwards. Frost left the traditional verse nowhere to go. While I’m not a real fan of Robert Frost, when I think of “traditional” poetry I immediately think of him. I think that he perfectly sums up everything that came before him, which is why poetry had to take such a different direction afterwards. Frost left the traditional verse nowhere to go.

]]> By: Rosemary Nissen-Wade http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-119155 Rosemary Nissen-Wade Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:59:00 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-119155 PS Just looked up that poem in my volume of Frost. Not the most shining example of his work! He even sounds dated. I prefer your take on it. I'm boggled by the way you manage to be blunt, acerbic, humorous, deep, witty and sad all at the same time - and in such few brief lines! PS Just looked up that poem in my volume of Frost. Not the most shining example of his work! He even sounds dated. I prefer your take on it. I’m boggled by the way you manage to be blunt, acerbic, humorous, deep, witty and sad all at the same time – and in such few brief lines!

]]> By: Rosemary Nissen-Wade http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-119151 Rosemary Nissen-Wade Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:44:07 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-119151 Dear cm: Frost was in fact a self-righteous prig. He's on record as having felt gleefully superior to Pound on the basis that Pound included swear-words in his poetry. I'm with Ezra on that one! Dear cm: Frost was in fact a self-righteous prig. He’s on record as having felt gleefully superior to Pound on the basis that Pound included swear-words in his poetry. I’m with Ezra on that one!

]]> By: 30 Poems in 30 Days - Controversy Poem - Robert Frost http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-119103 30 Poems in 30 Days - Controversy Poem - Robert Frost Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:52:28 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-119103 [...] 11th assignment from 30 poems in 30 days: Courting [...] [...] 11th assignment from 30 poems in 30 days: Courting [...]

]]> By: cerebralmum http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-119095 cerebralmum Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:38:58 +0000 http://www.poewar.com/30-poems-in-30-days-courting-controversy/#comment-119095 Okay - I posted it. but it has not yet appeared. I won't post it again as it always seems to arrive later. Okay – I posted it. but it has not yet appeared. I won’t post it again as it always seems to arrive later.

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