44 responses to “Roses on the battlefield”

1. I liked this, B.

2. Got tears in my eyes~

3. This is so sad and I’m afraid it’s a way too frequent occurrence. Another adverse effect of war.

4. …and died then tossed without a care. Such delusion that hardens the less resilient. I’ve seen one of these ‘Dear Johns’ break a man…cruelly, IMO.

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6. It seemed a sad tale.

7. I love the phrase, “sips of home” and the different kinds of flowers. Moving as always Bjorn.

8. Wouldn’t it be hilarious if this were secretly about bathroom activities? The john being the toilet, the roses and such being air freshener or potpourri, the chest being a container of towels or laundry perhaps. And the “battlefield” being the war zone located inside a man’s bowels. This is about how differently two people imagined that marriage would be. But the bottom line is, it all comes down to the fact that ya gotta deal with the excrement more than the romance.

   You’re welcome. 😉

9. romantic!

10. Painful and evokes tears, but I wish we learned from it.

11. Ooooh! Caught me in the gut.

12. this is a sad story that you found in this photo

13. Ah so it is Keira !

14. melancholy of the sort that lasts a lifetime ~

15. So beautiful. Loved it

16. And to think that people do the same with text messages now … or whatsapp messages. Times change, but the message is still the same. >

17. Love how you verbed dear-john…

    • I love to verb nouns (did it again)

      • Me too…

18. a moving piece. How hard to be a soldier, serving your country, and be so callously tossed away by loved ones.

19. A poignant write Bjorn!

20. Poignant.

21. Shade of “Flanders Fields” here, Bjorn! An emotional poem. Outstanding!

22. Very powerful “different than on your comrade’s chest.” Red blood and the scent can transport us.

23. It must have been hard to write/receive one of those letters. The pain of war.

24. I love the imagined sips of home!

25. This has a spiky calyx under gossamer fragrance. Nicely wrapped.

26. I loved how you wrote dear-johned… the second stanza is so touching and brilliantly expressed. Poignant!!

27. One can only imagine the worst in a battle-field of life’s struggles!

    Hank

28. Sigh.

29. This interpretation of the picture reminds me of the war poets, a different view of what was lost during the conflict.

30. A stunning write BJorn!

31. I love the title as well as the poem.

32. So sad, so much disappointment after so much sacrifice.

33. The moment of her sealing the letter with a kiss was described so tearfully in your words!

34. What an emotional, touching poem ,if this is based on Atonement it is amazing. Also amazing anyway! Brilliant read.
    ~SS

    • Thank you so much… a long time since I wrote that one.

      • I’ve just started out blogging so I’m looking for inspiration and what other people post. Very well done sir .
        ~SS

      • There are a couple of poetry sites that I can recommend… a great way to meet online poets.

      • Ooh please list them ,I’m releasing a poem tomorrow so it would be great to see other ideas.

        ~SS

      • I run http://dversepoets.com where we have prompts Monday, Thursday and Thursday… check out the schedule… then there is http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com where there are prompts tuesday, thursday and saturday… and http://poetryblogroll.blogspott.com with prompts on sundays and wednesdays… some days there are rules, and others there are just open links (any poem welcome)

      • Thank you very much! If you have a spare moment please take a look at my blog and tell me what you think.((Sorry for the plug/promotion))
        You are a star.
        ~SS

      • I tried to get back to your blog, but for some reason your gravatar don’t lead back to your blog… what’s the address?

      • That’s really odd, my address for my blog is thatlittlebitofblonde.wordpress.com
        I really appreciate it ,I have only just started out but I am going to publish regularly.
        ~SS

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