tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post8905484906214209641..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: Etat FrancaisGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-85512031046303965872012-07-23T17:41:25.140-07:002012-07-23T17:41:25.140-07:00I love this section of your poem:
"the Fasci...I love this section of your poem:<br /><br />"the Fascists became mist, just ghosts<br />hidden in plain sight, blending masterfully<br />back into the work pants of the proletariat,<br />just a shameful vermillion stain on <br />the war-torn pages of French history;<br /><br />but for some reason a throbbing part of me<br />cannot forget or forgive that cruel capitulation,<br />that terrible time of evil deeds<br />when most of France gave in<br />to their basest of natures."flipside recordshttp://flipsiderecords.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-38480328926834113062012-07-23T17:39:34.841-07:002012-07-23T17:39:34.841-07:00I sent you an e-mail today, Glenn. I hope you'...I sent you an e-mail today, Glenn. I hope you'll come write me a poem:<br /><br />http://flipsiderecords.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/poetic-words-3/<br /><br />~Shawna<br />(formerly rosemary mint)flipside recordshttp://flipsiderecords.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-15381307976170134712012-07-16T09:33:38.001-07:002012-07-16T09:33:38.001-07:00Such inspiring words to spread.Such inspiring words to spread.kidney stone treatmenthttp://kidneystonekure.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-60140157195355479242012-07-15T09:50:27.423-07:002012-07-15T09:50:27.423-07:00That was a time when Benjamin Franklin's state...That was a time when Benjamin Franklin's statement "those who would trade freedom for temporary security deserve neither Freedom nor security" rang particularly true. That truth was ironic too because of the close relationship Franklin had with the French during the early days of our nation. It almost seems to have been prophetic. <br /><br />Nice writing Glenn,<br />AdrianAdrian Sechristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-38374049121368205762012-07-15T09:30:02.608-07:002012-07-15T09:30:02.608-07:00So when will the freedom fighters stand in this co...So when will the freedom fighters stand in this country, and take to the hills, and prepare to fight the good fight -- for I fear a tyranny, a repression of the "every man", a destruction of the middle class, a war on the needy in this country, is brewing just over that closest horizon... and doing nothing will plunge us into a brutally modern iteration of fascism, that the more we abide it, the more difficult it will be to eradicate... an attack on the "common good" is being prepared by the "elitist few", and they have duped scores of those they're targeting to take the steps required to bring them to power -- it is an insanity I find incomprehensible...robkistnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166835029205143266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-16375750271432393052012-07-15T07:52:50.609-07:002012-07-15T07:52:50.609-07:00I appreciate he history lesson today among the oth...I appreciate he history lesson today among the other stories and poetry..and agree with the last comment as well...nicely written.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-81733776881572928362012-07-15T02:21:53.960-07:002012-07-15T02:21:53.960-07:00i hear this as a person in the world
wondering how...i hear this as a person in the world<br />wondering how we each are complicit in the injustices of our time. wars and domestic inequalities.lucychilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519163424062626658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-29022801877564793662012-07-14T20:41:14.608-07:002012-07-14T20:41:14.608-07:00i wonder if there is a Resistance museum in Paris ...i wonder if there is a Resistance museum in Paris to detail their bravery and achievements...the Vichy are clearly the darkest stain on France's 20th century. Thank you for crafting this.Orange UaPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632961217537118235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-61962727691201932422012-07-14T20:01:36.379-07:002012-07-14T20:01:36.379-07:00Yes, we must remember history. But to carry it ju...Yes, we must remember history. But to carry it just tires our spirit.J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-68757239123997452762012-07-14T19:27:02.846-07:002012-07-14T19:27:02.846-07:00Thanks so much Glenn. You know, I had a very clos...Thanks so much Glenn. You know, I had a very close friend, now dead, whom I wrote about once - who was one of these Resistance fighters. He saved a bunch of U.S. paratroopers and was later awarded the key to Tupelo, Mississippi. He dressed the paratroopers as nuns and snuck them on the train He was briefly imprisoned and got out pretending to be mad. He was a wonderful great person. Great poem. k.Manicddailyhttp://manicddaily.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-38437088625816573872012-07-14T19:21:00.622-07:002012-07-14T19:21:00.622-07:00smiles...it is usually the freedom fighters that i...smiles...it is usually the freedom fighters that inspire me as well...those willing to stand in the face of tyranny or...at the risk of their own lives for others...very nice bit of history you have spun for us today glynn...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-25944947974481187602012-07-14T17:11:59.618-07:002012-07-14T17:11:59.618-07:00Wow, yes a historical viewpoint. Thanks. gardenlil...Wow, yes a historical viewpoint. Thanks. gardenlilie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com