.
Horses screamed and armour clashed,
Warning shouts filled the air while
Mistress moon sailed overhead,
Her face inscrutable, no trace that she
Could hear or see the field below.
My eyes, unfocused, saw by her illumination
Row upon row of soldiers in ghost-like ranks
Marching down the hillside relentlessly,
Implacable, immovable, unbending, unyielding,
Their legs frozen in place for hundreds of years
As they stood in their prime, overseeing the scene
And remembering…
.
©Denise G Allen, 18 January 2014 16:18
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18/01/2014 at 4:33 pm
makes me think of walking getysburg…or appomattox…i have walked quite a few battlefields…and def feel the ghosts still there….watching….
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21/01/2014 at 10:05 am
I have heard of people doing that. Getting a sense of history… and perhaps the atmosphere…
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18/01/2014 at 7:10 pm
BATTLING WITH OCCLUDED VISION
At the “super”market today
I passed some people
Trying to collect money to
“Support Our Troops”
For God’s sake
Which part of
“Though shalt not kill”
Do they not understand?
For pity’s sake
“Father, forgive them
For they know not what they do”
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21/01/2014 at 10:07 am
War is truly a terrible thing, Ben. It seems that they are on the increase the last few years.
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21/01/2014 at 10:48 am
Control of shrinking resources and ever expanding population I think. Not that the jingoistic propaganda doesn’t fuel the flames. 😦
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21/01/2014 at 11:23 am
You’re probably right, although now that our globe is shrinking and the internet is growing I hope and pray that things may turn around.
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21/01/2014 at 1:13 pm
Hence my concern over corporate/state attempts to control the internet. Of course there is much misdirection as to the need for it – “terrorism”, “piracy” etc. – the same sort of tactics used to mask the otherwise inexplicable policy of making relatively harmless non-addictive consciousness-expanding substances such as marijuana illegal while advertising and promoting the toxic and addictive consciousness-dulling drug alcohol. They must think we are stupid, and if we are not then we should be made so. And did I mention state/corporate of the media – “news”papers, radio and TV?
If you have not seen Adam Curtis’ “Century Of The Self” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self) do try to get hold of a copy. I bought mine, but it also comes and goes on YouTube. It comes and goes??? Watch this two minute video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAc2MDe_Mo8
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21/01/2014 at 1:24 pm
You can watch all four hour-long episodes of “The Century Of The Self” at https://archive.org/details/AdamCurtis-TheCenturyOfTheSelf. Not great picture quality, clear enough.
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21/01/2014 at 2:57 pm
Thanks, Ben, for the references. Sounds very interesting. I hope I can find a copy of the complete set. (I hope, too, that it is not ‘over my head’.) Thanks once again. Sometimes thoughts of the internet make me feel a little uncomfortable. I agree with you re marijuana and alcohol. I wouldn’t like to become addicted to either!
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21/01/2014 at 7:39 pm
The link in my follow up contains the complete series. And the language and delivery are quite clear and straightforward. IMHO a must see experience that if I were a secondary school/college/university teacher I would include it in my course work,
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19/01/2014 at 1:16 pm
I have met people who swear they have seen ghostly re-enactments of battle scenes.
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21/01/2014 at 10:08 am
Yes, Col, I have heard those stories too… and, of course, some battles are re-enacted by the local folk from time to time.
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21/01/2014 at 11:00 am
It would be a hoot if the two things ever took place at the same time!
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21/01/2014 at 11:24 am
😀 😀 😀
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21/01/2014 at 5:23 pm
“The mistress moon sailed overhead” how original Denise nice, very nice..
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21/01/2014 at 6:35 pm
Thank you so much, Jake. 🙂
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23/01/2014 at 10:15 am
An epic image – much enjoyed thanks.
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23/01/2014 at 12:42 pm
Thanks, Mike. Glad you liked it.
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