Mud and a Meeting of Minds 1917
by rebeccaMpells
Mud.
Thick, cloying, seeping.
Consuming, filthy, blanket
binding you as brothers
in mud laden arms.
Bath.
Soap, water, scrub.
Submerged, aching, wallowing
purging you as brothers
in trenches of white.
Search.
Memories, mind, self.
Trapped, engulfed, besieged
chains you as brothers
in images of hell.
Write.
Poetry, prose, horror.
Dredge, expose, release
links you as brothers
in words of truth.
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first meeting between Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart War Hospital August 1917
The meeting lead to Owen’s haunting ‘war poems’. He was born in Oswestry and lived in my home town of Shrewsbury, England.
‘Poppies for Peace’ Rebecca Pells
A fine post in words and images, Rebecca.
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Thanks Tish. We have such a rich seam of history here in Shropshire.
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We do indeed. And always more to discover 🙂
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Excellent.
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Many thanks
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Beautiful.
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Thank you David.
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A very amazing post . I’m new to wordpress do read my blogs too.
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Thank you for visiting my site Mary. I will indeed drop in on yours!
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I’ll be very grateful if you would appreciate my blogs.
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Great post!
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Many thanks Kendall 🙂
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You are welcome, Rebecca!
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Is this your art work, Rebecca. They are beautiful! 🙂
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Hi Carol. Yes they are and thank you very much. If you are interested in seeing more of my artwork you can find it here https://www.artfinder.com/rebeccapells#/ 🙂
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Great to see your beautiful words and works as a complete picture Rebecca 🙂
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Thank you Luci. I get such pleasure putting words and images together. As you say – the complete picture.
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Beautiful poppies.
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Thank you very much!
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