Comments on: Iraq http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/ The Poetry of Nicole Nicholson Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: poeticgrin http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/#comment-1488 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:22:06 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-1488 You “get it” – you’ve captured what so many families go through.

Check out http://poeticgrin.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/this-war/ – one of my Iraq poems which I recently updated. There will soon be a third update – I want to write the song the soldier is singing.

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/#comment-99 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:43:48 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-99 Thank you. :) I was actually thinking about a friend of my mother’s whose grandson was serving in Iraq when I wrote this. He’s still there.

-Nicole

]]> By: Melissa http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/#comment-98 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:30:29 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-98 This is a very provocative piece in that it evokes deep seated emotions for those who have loved ones serving across the sea asking that same question. I really enjoyed this piece.

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/#comment-96 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:42:08 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-96 And thank you for stopping by and commenting. :)

]]> By: Jennifer http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/#comment-95 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:40:42 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-95 You say a lot with a little. Very moving. thanks for posting

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/#comment-94 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:19:24 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-94 Thank you. :)

]]> By: Crafty Green Poet http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/#comment-93 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:12:03 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-93 you say a lot with very few words, nice to compare the two poems too.

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/#comment-92 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:50:58 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-92 Thank you. And thanks for dropping by and reading.

-Nicole

]]> By: nathan1313 http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/02/iraq/#comment-91 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:46:41 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-91 There is a spare haunting quality to this piece. The last stanza expands this to a solemn observation. Good work.

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