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No Day at the Beach
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Respect. Reflect. Remember. D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Image © 2011, Karla Dorman


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 No Day at the Beach © 2012, Karla Dorman 


The salt sea air puffs up from the sand,
inhaled by nostrils of long ago memory:
of blood, sweat and tears mingled with
the sound of gulls. Or was it men, 
crying out, 'I'm hit, I'm hit?' Hard to
tell. Pain and regret returns on the
waves, then slowly drifts away as the
Veteran remembers another beach.

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Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on June 11, 2012
well done!

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on June 8, 2012
Thank you for sharing this most apt and timely write, Karla. Love and best wishes,

Regis

Reviewed on June 7, 2012
Now there is a punch that circumnavigates memory! Good job, Karla. I have missed you and your words. Kathy

Reviewed by Erin Kelly-Moen
Reviewed on June 6, 2012
Heart-aching, Karla! Seems Nature mirrors human miseries more than Man.. Gulls crying, loons wailing, owls hooting who and where? Sad piece, yet, so compassionate. Love 'inhaled by nostrils of long ago memory'. An exquisite phrase..

Erin

Reviewed on June 6, 2012
Very good reminder of why we should remember; I know I will never forget! Well done, Karla!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn.

Reviewed by Jon Willey
Reviewed on June 6, 2012
Karla,the blood of men young and some not so young mingled with the water of the Atlantic that day - my uncle was there - he was one of the fortunate to return home after the horrors of many WWII bloody campaigns - I cannot begin to imagine the depth of the horror they faced - your reminder should help to make the events of that place on that day endure in the gratitude of all Americans - I wish you love and peace my dear friend - Jon Michael

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on June 6, 2012
Excellant work Karla...so many young mens dreams erased on that one day....
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Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on June 6, 2012
Wasn't there, but I most certainly do care...e

Reviewed by Rose Rideout
Reviewed on June 6, 2012
Very well written Karla.

Rose

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 6, 2012
A day to remember as one of the most difficult ever undertaken by the forces of freedom. What men faced on that day, I can only imagine. Thanks for remembering and sharing with us.

Ron

Reviewed by John Martin
Reviewed on June 6, 2012
Well Done, Karla


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