Saturday, December 15, 2012

Little Boy Blue



soldier boy
too young for this fight
north against south
brother against brother
no place for a boy 

soldier boy
waiting for a train
transport to hell
ordered to kill
or be killed

soldier boy
your mama 
and your daddy
need you more
than General Lee




Posted by Helen at 10:57 PM
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20 comments:

  1. Rob-bearDecember 15, 2012 at 11:19 PM

    When will we learn
    that violence
    does not end violence,
    but simply encourages
    violence to
    continue.

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  2. Dave KingDecember 16, 2012 at 3:21 AM

    Brilliant. This has overtones of other wars, still going on today. A strong, clever statement.

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  3. FireblossomDecember 16, 2012 at 7:16 AM

    You peacenik, Helen!

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  4. Mimi FoxmortonDecember 16, 2012 at 7:23 AM

    That sweet face! :)

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  5. Kerry O'ConnorDecember 16, 2012 at 7:43 AM

    I love your interpretation of this doll as the soldier boy, too young for war.

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  6. UnknownDecember 16, 2012 at 8:30 AM

    Great take on the doll - I hadn't thought of the doll as a soldier boy. Love how the same doll can make us think in different ways.

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  7. MargaretDecember 16, 2012 at 8:40 AM

    This doll is sitting on a box used by his dad or grandfather in WWII perhaps? This hear the anguish in this poem, the catch in the voice as it is read..,

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    1. HelenDecember 16, 2012 at 9:02 AM

      ... a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. A boy, in his early to mid-teens.

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    2. MargaretDecember 16, 2012 at 9:48 AM

      I understood the poem and think it is lovely. I do know the box is authentic from a war but I can't remember which. Perhaps it is the Civil War I will have to check. But I think WWII or WWII.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 16, 2012 at 9:26 AM

    ah war such a terrible waste...yes, he does look like a soldier doll!

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  9. Kay L. DaviesDecember 16, 2012 at 10:05 AM

    A horrible war, brother against brother, but perhaps no more horrible than neighbor against neighbor. No matter which, it is heartbreaking when boys are soldiers before they are men, and die before they have lived.
    K

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  10. hedgewitchDecember 16, 2012 at 10:29 AM

    True words, Helen--you nailed the undercurrents of that sewed-sad face.

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  11. Brian MillerDecember 16, 2012 at 10:29 AM

    we just did the civil war in history...scary to think of the little ones that fought in that war...it is significant as well in that we fought against each other...neighbors...i wonder would it ever come to that again...

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  12. GraceDecember 16, 2012 at 12:23 PM

    This is lovely Helen ~ You have captured the spirit of the time ~

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  13. AnonymousDecember 16, 2012 at 2:53 PM

    This is so sad:
    "waiting for a train
    transport to hell"

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  14. Sherry Blue SkyDecember 16, 2012 at 3:23 PM

    I love the deep topic you found in this doll. I hate how we send children of eighteen and nineteen to war. They carry the wounds ever after.

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  15. SusanDecember 16, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    And that's the way of it, for sure.

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  16. EllaDecember 16, 2012 at 9:31 PM

    I love how you captured this doll's thoughts!
    so many truths in this poem :D

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  17. Susie ClevengerDecember 17, 2012 at 11:41 PM

    What sad lessons in this...wonderful write!

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  18. LillyDecember 18, 2012 at 11:49 PM

    Little Boy Blue indeed. Sad.

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