Barbecues and beer
Welcoming a new summer
We’ve lost it’s meaning
Those who have died…forgotten
Gone is the memorial
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
In Memorial – A Tanka
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23 responses to “In Memorial – A Tanka”
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It’s a really odd holiday at times. You get the whole day off, but nobody really knows what to do to honor the day. I’ve heard many say that they celebrate the freedom that fallen soldiers died to protect. Seems nicer than those that can’t even tell me what the holiday is about.
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Thank you Charles, that really was the point of this poems perspective. Many, especially younger people, don’t have any idea what the holiday stands for and I find that troubling. Instead to many, it has become the official “kickoff” to summer and a reason to party.
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Thank you very much for the reblog, I appreciate it. :)
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Thank you for the reblog Jonathan, to many, not all, it is true. Try asking someone what the reason for the holiday is and you are likely to either get no good answer or the wrong answer. It is not an indictment of these people personally, but instead an indictment of the society that we live in and our responsibility as parents and teachers to teach our children our history.
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the very reason why remembrance day is no longer a stat holiday north of the border… Nice piece
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Thank you T.J., I didn’t know that it was no longer a state holiday.
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For many what you say is true, but not for all . It’s the world we now live .
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You, my friend are absolutely correct. This is not true of everyone, but I would say that a majority of the people simply recognize Memorial Day as the start of summer and a day to party.
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Thank you so much for the reblog of my poem, I really appreciate this.
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It will be nice to replace beer with juice.
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Yes it would, but realistically that seldom happens. Thank you Yoshiko. :)
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Oh I see :-) Welcome, Dom
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Strange isn’t it…seems making a holiday out of something has the opposite effect of rendering it holy.
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Many times sadly that is true. Their “holiness” seem to get lost of time.
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this is so true, which is sad. your poem is beautiful and makes a very strong point:)
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Thank you Kimberly, it helped me refocus on what the day is really about. Believe me, I’m not against having a party and a few beers, but it is important that we recognize the sacrifice of those that have died so that we could have these parties. That was my intention anyway. :)
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Sad that so many forget this is not a holiday of BBQ and beer. In the town I live in we are the Vorra racer capitol of the US and that is what it becomes all about here. Tearing up the desert and destroying the ecosystems rather than appreciating the loss of dear ones who protected and died.
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Sadly, it happens all over the U.S. I think culturally we have changed so much that we have lost track of what is really important and what makes us Americans. I never thought I would see it in my lifetime, but here it is.
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There are a lot of things we never should have seen in our lifetime, but here they are.
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Absolutely, they come whether we like them or not. :)
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Dom DiFrancesco 
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