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August 25, 2011
By savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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There is no glory
There’s only broken bodies,
Dreams, hearts, hopes, and souls.

© Haley M., Ellinwood, KS

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RedFeather GOLD said...
on Feb. 21 2012 at 3:32 pm
RedFeather GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Prose is like walking but poetry is like dancing.<br /> &mdash;Paul Valery, poet (1871 - 1945)

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oh, so true, So true.
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 15 2011 at 6:29 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

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It's true!  Often there are wars waged off the field of battle that they could apply their courage to without being killed.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 15 2011 at 3:42 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Right, courage like that can be valued in so much more important places.
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 14 2011 at 6:46 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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Exactly, this poem wasn't to diminish the heroics of soldiers in war, but that war itself is not heroic or anything.  It's glorified so men join the army.  I feel like their lives are cut short and the time they lost was wasted, when they could've been so much more than a soldier.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 14 2011 at 6:28 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Ha ha, I love that comment! And the haiku, of course. It really captured the brokenness of war, the falsity of it. I'm proud of your excellent pacifism.

I think a lot of the guys who go off to war are really brave, but it's a pity their courage is used in such a way.

savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 30 2011 at 8:58 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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Hey thanks, :).  I'm tired of seeing advertisements saying that sending young men off is full of glory.  More like full of b.s.
IAmWhoIWantToBe PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 28 2011 at 8:32 pm
IAmWhoIWantToBe PLATINUM, Manila, Other
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&lrm;&quot;I&rsquo;m learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. I don&rsquo;t have to prove anything to anyone. I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world: I run my world.&quot; - Beyonc&eacute;

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Brava! I love how you say there is no glory in war. Brava! Good haiku!