The Darkest Door
War is Hell...64 total reviews
Comment from Dom G Robles
This is a narrative poem, "Behind the Door," which is reflective of events that transpired during the Vietnam War. Aside from the thousand of others who died in the war, many came home with mental problems that had caused some suicide tendencies. For some reasons, the effects are too, hard to take. The suicide rates are considerable that these veterans need some kind of help to restore their normal sense of
thinking. This is one point that the writer is portraying...The pictures provided are outstanding. My sincere congratulations. Dom
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This is a narrative poem, "Behind the Door," which is reflective of events that transpired during the Vietnam War. Aside from the thousand of others who died in the war, many came home with mental problems that had caused some suicide tendencies. For some reasons, the effects are too, hard to take. The suicide rates are considerable that these veterans need some kind of help to restore their normal sense of
thinking. This is one point that the writer is portraying...The pictures provided are outstanding. My sincere congratulations. Dom
Comment Written 13-May-2014
Comment from GWinterwin
Thank you for this poem and for the pictures. Your word flow and rhyming was perfect. Your message is a true but sad one for sure. It's terrible what many Viet Nam vets endure, and the world don't seem to care.
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Thank you for this poem and for the pictures. Your word flow and rhyming was perfect. Your message is a true but sad one for sure. It's terrible what many Viet Nam vets endure, and the world don't seem to care.
Comment Written 13-May-2014
Comment from kiwijenny
I wish I had a six for this.....
Sure is the darkest door.....
Thank you for writing
Well powerfully done......................
God bless......................
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I wish I had a six for this.....
Sure is the darkest door.....
Thank you for writing
Well powerfully done......................
God bless......................
Comment Written 13-May-2014
Comment from l.raven
OMG...Tears....this is so very sad...I hated that war...but I hate every war....your story is so very well expressed and so very well told...your words and the pictures just pulled at my heart...good luck in the contest...so very well written...
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OMG...Tears....this is so very sad...I hated that war...but I hate every war....your story is so very well expressed and so very well told...your words and the pictures just pulled at my heart...good luck in the contest...so very well written...
Comment Written 13-May-2014
Comment from evilynne
Very heartbreaking description of war and its consequences. The work is well written, rather horrid in its description of the horrors encountered by soldiers in Vietnam. Good luck in the contest.
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Very heartbreaking description of war and its consequences. The work is well written, rather horrid in its description of the horrors encountered by soldiers in Vietnam. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 13-May-2014
Comment from Bill Schott
This strikes deep, Dean, and anyone who's been in the shit has ghosts and regrets. I missed Nam, but Beirut, Desert Storm, Somalia, and Haiti have given me plenty of opportunities to do things I can't undo. This piece is heavy on the torture of guilt and seemingly unforgivable deeds done in the fog of war. Your piece is deeply depressing and sadly descriptive of many veterans who suffer with those memories. Great poem!
reply by the author on 13-May-2014
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This strikes deep, Dean, and anyone who's been in the shit has ghosts and regrets. I missed Nam, but Beirut, Desert Storm, Somalia, and Haiti have given me plenty of opportunities to do things I can't undo. This piece is heavy on the torture of guilt and seemingly unforgivable deeds done in the fog of war. Your piece is deeply depressing and sadly descriptive of many veterans who suffer with those memories. Great poem!
Comment Written 13-May-2014
reply by the author on 13-May-2014
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Thanks so much for having a look at this, Bill, and for weighing in with your unique perspectives as one who has endured similar circumstances. I too have seen things I wished I hadn't during my tenure in the Corps. However, when you're given an order, you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you'd better follow it, unless it violates the code of honor, of course...
Comment from Giddy Nielsen-Sweep
You can't possibly enjoy something that is so explicit of a life of hell, but your poem is very skilful in bringing the subject full frontal for examination. It's a very moving presentation and the verses bring home the message... Let's hope some far-reaching effects result. At least more and more people are becoming familiar and aware of the problem and how to help these people. Well done on covering the subject comprehensively.
reply by the author on 13-May-2014
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You can't possibly enjoy something that is so explicit of a life of hell, but your poem is very skilful in bringing the subject full frontal for examination. It's a very moving presentation and the verses bring home the message... Let's hope some far-reaching effects result. At least more and more people are becoming familiar and aware of the problem and how to help these people. Well done on covering the subject comprehensively.
Comment Written 13-May-2014
reply by the author on 13-May-2014
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Thanks so much for your insights and outstanding review, Giddy. I truly appreciate you reading and evaluating my work.
Comment from nelliesellie
I love the pictures. I love the story. My brother was a victim of the Nam war. He came back broken physically and mentally. He saw and went through things that were beyond all human rules. On top of that, the people downed the ex solders coming home. Great work.
reply by the author on 13-May-2014
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I love the pictures. I love the story. My brother was a victim of the Nam war. He came back broken physically and mentally. He saw and went through things that were beyond all human rules. On top of that, the people downed the ex solders coming home. Great work.
Comment Written 13-May-2014
reply by the author on 13-May-2014
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Thanks, nelliesellie, and I agree with you. The Vietnam experienced ruined a beloved uncle of mine's life. He was never able to forgive his country for the way he and his fellow soldiers were treated, not even on his dying day.
Comment from JavaJunkie
This is worth every one of these six stars...written in your signature style you have brought to the page the horror of surviving this war. Your flow and structure are impeccable as always. Your insights read as if you have lived this horror, and perhaps you have, but one way or another this is a heartbreaking read and seems to me written from the heart.
reply by the author on 13-May-2014
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This is worth every one of these six stars...written in your signature style you have brought to the page the horror of surviving this war. Your flow and structure are impeccable as always. Your insights read as if you have lived this horror, and perhaps you have, but one way or another this is a heartbreaking read and seems to me written from the heart.
Comment Written 13-May-2014
reply by the author on 13-May-2014
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Thank you very much, J.J., and while I was too young, thankfully, to have been drafted and deployed to 'Nam, I was a US Marine and saw similar things in Iran, during the hostage crisis, and Grenada, in 1983.
I truly appreciate your review and insights. It's always a pleasure to have you stop by.
Comment from nancyjam
You relate the horrors of war and its after effects
so well in this poem.
Gruesome details bring the reality home.
How tragic that so many young men were ruined -
those that survived must still deal with the memories.
Good luck in the contest. Nancy
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You relate the horrors of war and its after effects
so well in this poem.
Gruesome details bring the reality home.
How tragic that so many young men were ruined -
those that survived must still deal with the memories.
Good luck in the contest. Nancy
Comment Written 13-May-2014