The Darkest Door
War is Hell...64 total reviews
Comment from Bryan G
This an excellent work. You have done it all. You have told a great story through poetry in a way that holds the reader spellbound. I love your art work. As a history buff I can say that work captures the time accurately in a powerful way. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
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This an excellent work. You have done it all. You have told a great story through poetry in a way that holds the reader spellbound. I love your art work. As a history buff I can say that work captures the time accurately in a powerful way. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Comment Written 14-May-2014
Comment from judester
Wow, you always take us on these wild rides that linger long after the piece is read. You are the full package with provoking images and powerful prose, bravo you, I loved it, Judester
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Wow, you always take us on these wild rides that linger long after the piece is read. You are the full package with provoking images and powerful prose, bravo you, I loved it, Judester
Comment Written 14-May-2014
Comment from GWHARGIS
Very ad but true. Thank God Veterans are treated with more tenderness and dignity. My son came back from Afghanistan and was quieter and told me little more than "It's something that really can't be described." I knew better than to press. He is a medic and saw all kinds of things. Great poem and very dramatic.
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Very ad but true. Thank God Veterans are treated with more tenderness and dignity. My son came back from Afghanistan and was quieter and told me little more than "It's something that really can't be described." I knew better than to press. He is a medic and saw all kinds of things. Great poem and very dramatic.
Comment Written 14-May-2014
Comment from Cedar
Thanks Dean for the tribute to all the soldiers that went through this hell in Vietnam. I spent two years in that part of the world in the mid sixties. I never spent any time in battle or else I probably wouldn't be writing this right now. I lost several friends in that crazy-ass war. Even a few that lived close to me in the states. Congratulations on the win, you deserved it. Bill
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Thanks Dean for the tribute to all the soldiers that went through this hell in Vietnam. I spent two years in that part of the world in the mid sixties. I never spent any time in battle or else I probably wouldn't be writing this right now. I lost several friends in that crazy-ass war. Even a few that lived close to me in the states. Congratulations on the win, you deserved it. Bill
Comment Written 14-May-2014
Comment from Zue65
You really deserved to be a winner my friend, the pictures speak volumes about how war can break a human soul. The demons of war are working hard into the brains and hearts of broken soldiers as they hear familiar echoes of agony and cry of the fallen, and the twisted bodies of the dead. Every soldier is a casualty of war and often times the soldiers remain broken even after the war. Bravo my friend, simply exceptional.
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You really deserved to be a winner my friend, the pictures speak volumes about how war can break a human soul. The demons of war are working hard into the brains and hearts of broken soldiers as they hear familiar echoes of agony and cry of the fallen, and the twisted bodies of the dead. Every soldier is a casualty of war and often times the soldiers remain broken even after the war. Bravo my friend, simply exceptional.
Comment Written 14-May-2014
Comment from RPSaxena
Hello Dean Kuch,
Keeping in mind the Author Notes,
Marvelous piece of War and History Poetry!
Impressive and perfectly matching the theme wording.
Smooth and captivating flow throughout the poem.
Lovely rhyming scheme with lively imagery.
Pictures enhance beauty of the poem.
Its last stanza is particularly noteworthy.
Superb!
Congratulations with SIX STARS - O the Contest Winner!!
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Hello Dean Kuch,
Keeping in mind the Author Notes,
Marvelous piece of War and History Poetry!
Impressive and perfectly matching the theme wording.
Smooth and captivating flow throughout the poem.
Lovely rhyming scheme with lively imagery.
Pictures enhance beauty of the poem.
Its last stanza is particularly noteworthy.
Superb!
Congratulations with SIX STARS - O the Contest Winner!!
Comment Written 14-May-2014
Comment from Jackarrie
Oh DEan, a well deserved win, you have written a superb piece of work here. Your presentation is fabulous as usual, depicting the horrors of war. They say a picture paints thousand words, but your words paints a thousand pictures. Ones of sadness, maimed, young innocent lives taken, young men's minds destroyed, never to be normal again. I could go on and on. You are so talented to write a work like this one.
Congratulations. Mary
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Oh DEan, a well deserved win, you have written a superb piece of work here. Your presentation is fabulous as usual, depicting the horrors of war. They say a picture paints thousand words, but your words paints a thousand pictures. Ones of sadness, maimed, young innocent lives taken, young men's minds destroyed, never to be normal again. I could go on and on. You are so talented to write a work like this one.
Congratulations. Mary
Comment Written 14-May-2014
Comment from Njorgensen
Powerful. Moving. Frightening. Your poem is so well written, cutting images created by your words, then reinforced with the photos you included. I can't say enough about this poem. This didn't come from your head. These were emotions written to inspire the reader to FEEL your experience, not just read it.
Truly a hero. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Njorgensen
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Powerful. Moving. Frightening. Your poem is so well written, cutting images created by your words, then reinforced with the photos you included. I can't say enough about this poem. This didn't come from your head. These were emotions written to inspire the reader to FEEL your experience, not just read it.
Truly a hero. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Njorgensen
Comment Written 14-May-2014
Comment from Domino 2
A necessarily shocking narration by a Vietnam Vet, Dean, to explain the horrors of any war, especially Vietnam, and the lifelong scars it leaves in the minds of those poor souls who were there and witnessed the losses of friends and the general horror, and sometimes necessity to kill or be killed. IF THAT EXPERIENCE DIDN'T CHANGE A PERSON, THEN THEY'D BE MADE OF WOOD.
sHOCKING BUT UNDERSTANDABLE SUICIDE STATS OF THAT AGE GROUP. Sorry, capslock.
Extremely well written, Dean.
Best wishes, Ted.
PS - congratulations on the win!
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A necessarily shocking narration by a Vietnam Vet, Dean, to explain the horrors of any war, especially Vietnam, and the lifelong scars it leaves in the minds of those poor souls who were there and witnessed the losses of friends and the general horror, and sometimes necessity to kill or be killed. IF THAT EXPERIENCE DIDN'T CHANGE A PERSON, THEN THEY'D BE MADE OF WOOD.
sHOCKING BUT UNDERSTANDABLE SUICIDE STATS OF THAT AGE GROUP. Sorry, capslock.
Extremely well written, Dean.
Best wishes, Ted.
PS - congratulations on the win!
Comment Written 14-May-2014
Comment from Ben Colder
Well informed Marine. I think the VA does what it can or at least they do for me. Sorry about the midnight trails. You have my prayers. I found solace in Christ, the healer of the heart and soul. You have my blessings and prayers. No more shakes in Christ.
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Well informed Marine. I think the VA does what it can or at least they do for me. Sorry about the midnight trails. You have my prayers. I found solace in Christ, the healer of the heart and soul. You have my blessings and prayers. No more shakes in Christ.
Comment Written 14-May-2014