tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post155943636929187411..comments2023-09-13T03:10:36.690-07:00Comments on Robin's Nest: In retrospectOld Egghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-55467809989156066422017-02-06T05:50:24.711-08:002017-02-06T05:50:24.711-08:00Taking extreme care!Taking extreme care!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-10209940387689217292017-02-05T17:00:12.476-08:002017-02-05T17:00:12.476-08:00Powerful and timely. Really, really good writing,...Powerful and timely. Really, really good writing, Robin. Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-14818890382902182342017-02-05T15:46:08.153-08:002017-02-05T15:46:08.153-08:00I'm simply enchanted by your use of "affr...I'm simply enchanted by your use of "affray." I don't think I've ever seen it in a poem before. **applause**Magical Mystical Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-57275701399774974472017-02-05T14:59:38.852-08:002017-02-05T14:59:38.852-08:00This definitely is a cautionary tale. The bogeym...This definitely is a cautionary tale. The bogeyman has arisen again...in a new form. Your country needs to be wary of him too. When he opens his mouth, he lies. There is a stink of danger in the air.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-16287467826522712112017-02-05T10:37:49.031-08:002017-02-05T10:37:49.031-08:00Vitally important to be vigilant and wary so as no...Vitally important to be vigilant and wary so as not to allow history to repeat itself!C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-3113805756732097362017-02-05T09:46:47.743-08:002017-02-05T09:46:47.743-08:00Beware, indeed... Your poem sings the warnings lou...Beware, indeed... Your poem sings the warnings loud and clear. I do hope we remember not to forget past horrors, not to do that which we swore to never do again.<br /><br />Fitting and heartbreaking. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-55962399809425359172017-02-05T09:22:23.480-08:002017-02-05T09:22:23.480-08:00A poignant warning. Well written!A poignant warning. Well written!indybevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505539407819784525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-1116820576293034252017-02-05T08:53:45.933-08:002017-02-05T08:53:45.933-08:00Exactly. I remember you were a child in London dur...Exactly. I remember you were a child in London during those times, your father on rooftops watching for bombers. And here we are again, my friend, watching it all begin again. So hard for the aware to watch the unaware tilt us close to disaster.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-54085513077710262852017-02-05T08:11:01.478-08:002017-02-05T08:11:01.478-08:00Your words are a strong reminder for us to open ou...Your words are a strong reminder for us to open our eyes and hearts.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-2057597891562824382017-02-05T07:39:37.740-08:002017-02-05T07:39:37.740-08:00You used the words for this prompt extremely well ...You used the words for this prompt extremely well to portray a painful part of history, a history that must be remembered so it is not repeated.Pat Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760779673175109204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-16989848347397281812017-02-05T07:33:33.075-08:002017-02-05T07:33:33.075-08:00Hopefully we can learn but these days so much is l...Hopefully we can learn but these days so much is lost and forgotten. I lost family in the war...before I was born so it is a close to my heart. ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-12106088902247786822017-02-05T07:17:59.948-08:002017-02-05T07:17:59.948-08:00I am caught by the imagery of planes as wasps - ea...I am caught by the imagery of planes as wasps - easily provoked, capable of multiple stings and often heedless of where they land them. Very powerful and it makes for an interesting contrast with the hummingbird you have later on in the poem.Rommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-80758005839373353542017-02-05T05:39:04.491-08:002017-02-05T05:39:04.491-08:00Thw war to end all wars..unfortunately didn't....Thw war to end all wars..unfortunately didn't... tragic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-4756110618194666382017-02-05T05:37:26.808-08:002017-02-05T05:37:26.808-08:00It seems we were naive to think the world might ha...It seems we were naive to think the world might have learned from the lessons of the past. Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-74279298688542717262017-02-05T03:56:47.845-08:002017-02-05T03:56:47.845-08:00Oh this is so heart wrenching :( I can't imagi...Oh this is so heart wrenching :( I can't imagine the amount of destruction that takes place and the immense pain and suffering these people endure.. sigh :(Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-54672041287288186262017-02-05T03:18:18.801-08:002017-02-05T03:18:18.801-08:00This is a very fitting poem, as another anniversar...This is a very fitting poem, as another anniversary of the relief of Auschwitz is marked. We have lessons to learn from the mot so distant past.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7642588922402729816.post-57695092297897695712017-02-05T02:58:24.965-08:002017-02-05T02:58:24.965-08:00Like they say, "History repeats itself"....Like they say, "History repeats itself". The signs are there but hope it doesn't come to something of that proportion.<br />-HAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com