Reblogged for National Kindness Day
Tattered faceless silhouettes
Staggered across no-man’s land,
Fumbling to attach bayonets,
Unkind weapons in shaky hands.
Wisps of men blundered in thick of gas
Back to the comfort of a mud-filled trench,
Eyeless heroes in useless masks
Smothering in the toxic stench.
One innocent soldier wandering wide,
Heading for trenches on the other side,
Felt the tentative touch of a decent hand
Guide him through the horror of no-man’s land.
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
Image found on www.independent.co.uk
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night # 182
Tonight, Open Link Night is hosted by Gayle from Bodhirose’s Blog. She’s been telling us that the U.S. is well into autumn now: temperatures are beginning to drop, the trees are bursting into their autumn colours and it’s also a popular time for many festivals and art shows.
Over here in the UK, most schools have celebrated Harvest Festival by…
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This is beautiful, and I’m so glad you shared it as a comment on a dVerse submission. The message of hope is transcendent.
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Thank you, KIm.
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https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/fiercest-light/
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soooo impactful:
the tentative touch of a decent hand
Kim will you say more about the film???
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Thank you, Lisa. Sadly, I don’t have a link to the film, but it was shown at a cinema in Norwich. It was about several groups of people, poets artists, school children, etc, who worked on the kindness project. We read our poetry.
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You’re welcome. If you ever come across it, will you please share the link? Those types of gatherings keep the light burning.
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Found it! https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/fiercest-light/
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YAY! Just imagine if everyone watched these videos instead of the incessant doomscrolling. They could turn things around ❤
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https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/fiercest-light/
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❤ ❤ ❤ just watched the segment you were in. thank you for finding it and sharing it
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