The Other Side Of Yesterday (poem) by pat medlin on AuthorsDen

Reviewed on November 10, 2015

Powerfully meaningful verses, Pat; soul-reaching. Thank you for sharing. Love and best wishes,

Regis

Reviewed on January 13, 2014

I read a bit of your profile & admired your sitting on the wharf next to the sailboat with a glass of wine as company. Loved your poem "The Other Side of Yesterday ... many great images.

Jeanne Ripley

Reviewed by William Bonilla

Reviewed on October 21, 2013

wel penned
enjoyed reading
Love & Peace

William

Reviewed by Michael True

Reviewed on July 21, 2013

This piece is a symphony in and of itself. Each passage building until the final tympani and cymbal crescendo! I immediately thought about the survivors of Civil War amputations, thinking that that was the only time of such horrific surgeries. But you remind us, these operations happen every day. Amazing write! M.True

Reviewed by E Phillips

Reviewed on August 14, 2012

Chilling in its imagery, stunning in its impact, magnificent in its poetry. I was moved to another place by your masterful use of language.
Ed

Reviewed by John Domino

Reviewed on July 14, 2012

This is hard for me to imagine. My mother in-law had leg cut off. She said that many times she wanted to scratch the bottom of her missing foot. I can't imagine that but she had strong faith in The Lord and she did fine. Amen

Reviewed by Duke LaRance

Reviewed on July 7, 2012

This is like a punch to the gut. It grabs attention immediately and builds and builds with every word...until..."to the other side of yesterday"...This is one of the better pieces that I have read in quite a while....

Reviewed by Victoria's Poetry & Voices of Muse

Reviewed on July 7, 2012

wow this gave me goose bumps
I visited a morgue once to see if I could identify
a male person I knew who was missing...
and you took me here with this beautifully prosed offering
Thank You for sharing your beautiful gift...Vickie

Reviewed by Sandy Hoynacki (Reader)

Reviewed on May 5, 2012

As a nurse, I know this scene all too well. A sad wake up when we walk away in our minds, without our legs. Beautifully written with clear imaging presented in each line.

Reviewed by Lonnie Hicks

Reviewed on April 24, 2012

Beautiful pathos wonderfully written

Reviewed by Connie Faust

Reviewed on April 22, 2012

So much simpler to drift back into the music that carries him to the past than to fully waken and face the now. Melodrama at its best, Pat!

Connie

Reviewed by Diana Legun (Reader)

Reviewed on April 19, 2012

Powerful, ripping words. ~~ Diana

Reviewed by Jim Hawkey (Reader)

Reviewed on March 24, 2012

This is really something. The sort of thing we all feel we ought to write, at least occasionally, but shy away from. Bravo! Oh, and I love the title, and the way it (and the last line) link the tragic now with the past which has become just a memory.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on February 27, 2012

As chilling a rendition of an amputation as I could have thought of. A former supervisor of mine, not necessarily a friend, died recently after spending seven months in the hospital having first his foot cut off at the ankle, and then his legs cut off.

To have it done in battle with no anesthesia and little to curb infection must've been horrendous.

Thanks for shocking me to life this afternoon.

Ron

Reviewed by Sara Coslett

Reviewed on January 22, 2012

Oh my god. This is frightening. My grandmother had both of her legs amputated (twice, they had to go back and take more) from diabetes. I have always been afraid of getting it. Swore if I ever did, I would immediately get a stomach bypass operation.

Your poem scared the hell out of me! Excellent work!

Sara

Reviewed by Morgan Merriweather

Reviewed on January 17, 2012

a day without the promise of night.....every word of this is moving and heartbreaking. this needs to be read a few times,it doesn't stop revealing.......this is excellent. ~ Morgan

Reviewed by RWE SAYS BYE (Reader)

Reviewed on January 14, 2012

whoaa...I was not prepared for this... the heaviness at the onset is weighty ballast indeed for this tumultuous ending... were I to be thus 'weighted down' with the burden of so great, and so painful a loss (which you so deliberately and deftly evoke, I might add) Wagner's Valkyries might make their sonorous way through my angst-ridden mind, but the irony of your musical choice is ultimately much more potent than my more melodramatic choice. You have done an excellent job of bringing a highly charged subject into high poetic relief. Bravo, pat!

Reviewed by Richard King

Reviewed on January 9, 2012

Pat, this is a masterful write. I, like several others, believed it to be about a fallen soldier, but yea or nay to that affects not the poignancy of it.

Really well done. Dick

Reviewed by Patrick Granfors

Reviewed on January 9, 2012

You have done some mighty heavy lifting here Pat! Emotional, powerful, with a hint of reconciling fate. Patrick

Reviewed by Annabel Sheila

Reviewed on January 9, 2012

This touched my heart very deeply...so many brave soldiers have suffered tragedies such as the one you so wonderfully emoted! Beautiful poetry, Pat!

Anna

Reviewed by Janna Hill

Reviewed on January 7, 2012

Pat, you have out done yourself. I am too moved to say more.

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on January 7, 2012

A 'SOLDIER'...IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD, HAVING PAID THE 'PRICE' WITH LIMBS...RECEIVES GOD GIVEN STRENGTH FROM THE STRANDS...THE MELODIES SUMMONED...FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF YESTERDAY. A STUNNING WORK...JARRING AND TIMELY. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS KEEPER. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Christine Tsen

Reviewed on January 7, 2012

Beautiful Pat! Such wonderful motion in this ~
Blessings,
Chris

Reviewed by Mary Ann Biddinger

Reviewed on January 7, 2012

Not knowing what the title would entale.. splendid verses to
reality of "The Other Side of Yesterday" ~ Lady Mary Ann

Reviewed by Kevin Dunn (Reader)

Reviewed on January 7, 2012

Beautiful and powerful words. What a wonderful tribute.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Reviewed on January 7, 2012

Heavy duty poetry here, Pat, absolutely heavy duty. I am stunned by it, mesmerized by it and have read it three times. I shall save it for further reads.

Reviewed by Marcia Miller-Twiford

Reviewed on January 7, 2012

The title grabbed me and said, "read me" and I'm sure glad I did. I bow to your talent Pat.

Reviewed by D. Vegas (Reader)

Reviewed on January 7, 2012

A soldier in the throes of war and the consequences...
Great poetry, Pat!

Always,
Deborah