SFayers Posted 3 April , 2007 Share Posted 3 April , 2007 Hi folks, If no one minds, (and as long as it hasn't been a topic before!), I'd like to suggest: "Going to the Front!" cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 3 April , 2007 Share Posted 3 April , 2007 Good choice, mate, gives a wide scope. Cheers Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 4 April , 2007 Share Posted 4 April , 2007 Excellent, should be another good one...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 5 April , 2007 Share Posted 5 April , 2007 This'll be good..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 5 April , 2007 Share Posted 5 April , 2007 I'll see what I can come up with................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landsturm Posted 10 April , 2007 Share Posted 10 April , 2007 Here's my effort; French poilus going in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 10 April , 2007 Share Posted 10 April , 2007 Very good Landsturm I like the way the shadows of the soldiers convey the night time march to the front line. Here's my effort for April- the thoughts of a soldier going up the line Going to the Front A distant rumble of fractured thunder, Lightning flashes; hornet drones. Our quiet world is torn asunder, A quivering mass, we lurch along. Human cargo, cramped conditions, A crawl by train, to place unknown. Hot miles marched over merciless pave. To lay our heads beneath the stars. Where once we who,marching proudly, Through coloured streets and on open roads. Now stride over dusty pathways, To the broken world of monochrome. Into narrow, twisted channels, Our heads beneath the sight of men. Wandering long and forlorn alleys, How many shall not rise again ? Above us whining, cracking, rattling, A deadly metal, beaten zone. Waits and watches, keeps a welcome, For those unlucky, unaware, or slow. "This far, my boys" and no further, Left and right, make this your home. "We'll hold this line" and work at nightfall, 'Til Relief tells us we can go...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 10 April , 2007 Share Posted 10 April , 2007 Both excellent, Lansturm and Spike. The poem could have been written to accompany the picture! Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanhemmings Posted 10 April , 2007 Share Posted 10 April , 2007 Superb as always. susan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 10 April , 2007 Share Posted 10 April , 2007 "......The poem could have been written to accompany the picture!...." So it could...I never thought of it like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 10 April , 2007 Share Posted 10 April , 2007 You're more of a genius than you thought you were! Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 10 April , 2007 Share Posted 10 April , 2007 "....You're more of a genius than you thought you were!...." I dunno, my wife always says I'm a reet smart A*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 11 April , 2007 Share Posted 11 April , 2007 Just a quick one orff me I'm afraid, as I'm quite busy, Ole Bill (and the sheets obscuring the Menin Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 11 April , 2007 Share Posted 11 April , 2007 "....You're more of a genius than you thought you were!...." I dunno, my wife always says I'm a reet smart A*** All geniuses are, Spike. Marina What are the sheets for, Soren? Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th Shropshires Posted 11 April , 2007 Share Posted 11 April , 2007 Not sure if these chaps are going to or from the line but they look unhappy, so must be going to the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 11 April , 2007 Share Posted 11 April , 2007 All geniuses are, Spike. Marina What are the sheets for, Soren? Marina from what I understand they locked the traffic from the view from the Germans, meaning they had to shell it at random, I think..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 11 April , 2007 Share Posted 11 April , 2007 Thanks - I've never heard of that before! Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 12 April , 2007 Share Posted 12 April , 2007 Hi all Just dropped in to see if my mate Kim (Ozzie) had got her writing juices flowing again - but alas - not yet! Great images. And especially liked this: Where once we who,marching proudly, Through coloured streets and on open roads. Now stride over dusty pathways, To the broken world of monochrome. Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 12 April , 2007 Share Posted 12 April , 2007 "....To the broken world of monochrome....." I couldn't get anything to rhyme with sepia Creepy ..eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landsturm Posted 12 April , 2007 Share Posted 12 April , 2007 Dunno how to react, 6th... a reproduction of Francois Flameng's work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 12 April , 2007 Share Posted 12 April , 2007 "....To the broken world of monochrome....." I couldn't get anything to rhyme with sepia Creepy ..eh Don't you mean 'creepia'? Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat Posted 13 April , 2007 Share Posted 13 April , 2007 Hi all Just dropped in to see if my mate Kim (Ozzie) had got her writing juices flowing again - but alas - not yet! Great images. And especially liked this: Where once we who,marching proudly, Through coloured streets and on open roads. Now stride over dusty pathways, To the broken world of monochrome. Cheers, Frev The same stanza really caught my attention spike..excellent stuff. Landsturm I really like this picture my favourite of yours so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 13 April , 2007 Share Posted 13 April , 2007 To be honest, the sentiment about a world of monochrome at the front, I read in a memoir recently (can't recall which) and it stuck. The rest just built itself up around that mental image.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 14 April , 2007 Share Posted 14 April , 2007 "....To the broken world of monochrome....." I couldn't get anything to rhyme with sepia Creepy ..eh "Faded" is the more obvious but "broken" is much more appropriate for the Great War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th Shropshires Posted 14 April , 2007 Share Posted 14 April , 2007 Hi Landsturm Dunno how to react, 6th... a reproduction of Francois Flameng's work I drew this one when I was a kid, a few years ago , so do not have a clue whot I drew it from, it would have been some picture in one of the Great War books I had at the time. Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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