susanhemmings Posted 14 February , 2008 Share Posted 14 February , 2008 Michael, I really like this one at the dance. It sent me all shivery and Kim, well, what can i say. Beautifully depicted as always. Soren, lovely to see your work as ever. Lovely portrayal. As for me I cannot get my head together this month. But will enjoy all your smashing entries..... Susan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 14 February , 2008 Author Share Posted 14 February , 2008 Thank you, Susan. I'm surprised that people are having difficulty with this one. There are so many who had to "stand and wait". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 15 February , 2008 Share Posted 15 February , 2008 Perhaps that's the problem; too much to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 20 February , 2008 Author Share Posted 20 February , 2008 Honestly, gentlefolk, I didn't choose this topic in an attempt to improve my odds of winning the February poll! I really thought that what with horses, nurses, stretcherbearers, orderlies, French and Belgian civilians, Indian water-carriers, families at home, lines of communications troops, instructors, munitions workers, YMCA, Knights of Columbus, and Salvation Army it really wouldn't be too difficult to find an angle. Kipling wrote this one in his Epitaphs of the War NATIVE WATER-CARRIER (M.E.F.) Prometheus brought down fire to men. This brought up water. The Gods are jealous—now, as then, Giving no quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Foster Posted 20 February , 2008 Share Posted 20 February , 2008 Ok here's my effort The munitions girl Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat Posted 20 February , 2008 Share Posted 20 February , 2008 I am truly stunned.....that is fabulous!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Foster Posted 20 February , 2008 Share Posted 20 February , 2008 Thank you Gunboat Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 20 February , 2008 Author Share Posted 20 February , 2008 Excellent work, Chris! It reminds me of N.C. Wyeth's style of painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 21 February , 2008 Share Posted 21 February , 2008 Great work Chris! Cheers Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landsturm Posted 21 February , 2008 Share Posted 21 February , 2008 Very good, Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Foster Posted 21 February , 2008 Share Posted 21 February , 2008 Michael, Kim, Lands, Thank you very much for you comments. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 22 February , 2008 Share Posted 22 February , 2008 "They also serve.........." She was tall and slim, always had a smile and a cheery word. She saw Harry and then Fred off to the Geat War. Cried bitter tears when Fred was killed and talked to his picture when she thought no one was looking. Welcomed Harry back with tears after four years.......... Cried when Albert joined the Navy in 1919 and cherished the bits and pieces he brought back from his time on the China Station; especially the silk scarf............ Cried again when Harry, Albert and Bill went off to World War two and again when Albert died in 1941 but at least she had the chance to go his funeral, unlike Fred. Welcomed them back again with tears when it was over. She cried at their weddings and when the grandchildren came along. Who was she? My grandmother who I never met. Nellie Daisy Frostwood Nutkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat Posted 22 February , 2008 Share Posted 22 February , 2008 Lovely Squirrel realy lovely and even more poignant that it is a relative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Foster Posted 22 February , 2008 Share Posted 22 February , 2008 Just to echo what Gunboat wrote. Very touching ! Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 22 February , 2008 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2008 See? I told you it wasn't that hard. Good work. Since I'm not a fan of comparing apples to oranges, I'll set up the February poll to have separate voting by type (art and prose at the moment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat Posted 22 February , 2008 Share Posted 22 February , 2008 They served as well I did not carry arms Or live in trenches I didn’t have to hide my fear At the foot of steep ladders I did not have to hear The screams of friends I could not stop and help And step over the fallen I did none of these things I did hold him in my arms At night as he trembled And soothed his brow From many a fevered dream And I walked with him As he paced the rooms Searching for the screams Of those that had fallen I did my bit...I too served Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 22 February , 2008 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2008 And poetry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 23 February , 2008 Share Posted 23 February , 2008 Squirrel, Gunboat. Very moving. They are the forgotton ones. Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest soren1916 Posted 25 February , 2008 Share Posted 25 February , 2008 Chris, Fab! I'm hanging my pencils up! Soren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Foster Posted 25 February , 2008 Share Posted 25 February , 2008 Chris, Fab! I'm hanging my pencils up! Soren Dont do that Soren, I miss your posts in War Art as it is ! Thanks Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest soren1916 Posted 25 February , 2008 Share Posted 25 February , 2008 Well, one-day if my account ever returns to it's normal self, I'll post more, I'm creating loads at the mo..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 28 February , 2008 Share Posted 28 February , 2008 They also serve................ He had brown eyes and straggly hair and a sort of lopsided grin. He was my best chum for over a year and I grew very fond of him. On the transport lines it was hard work there. But me and him we became a pair. Each night to the front line trenches he'd always take the strain. Carrying loads of the heaviest kind and then back through the mud and the rain. On one dark night in November '17 Coming back we got caught in a strafe. And he carried me back to the transport lines although wounded at least I was safe. And I never saw him again at all for I was discharged on account of my wound. And I never did know what happened to him though I was told he was safe and sound. I think of him fondly now and then some call me a silly old fool. But he was more than a mate or a comrade to me that brown eyed, straggly haired mule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted 28 February , 2008 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2008 Good work, all. Tomorrow or this weekend I'll set up the poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolfi Posted 29 February , 2008 Share Posted 29 February , 2008 Here's my effort; a Commandant of the West Hertfordshire VTC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat Posted 29 February , 2008 Share Posted 29 February , 2008 Nice one Squirrel! (theres a song there somewhere) Rolfi that is an excellent illustration what media is it? Gouache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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