tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post2949525592871292125..comments2023-10-02T16:20:05.107+02:00Comments on People become stories and stories become understanding: Commonwealth war cemetery- Flanders FieldDi Mackeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-60888163894133716222007-07-23T00:20:00.000+02:002007-07-23T00:20:00.000+02:00You're right Anil and yes, I had forgotten in some...You're right Anil and yes, I had forgotten in some ways. There is a real sense of peace in those commonwealth cemeteries but for me, it was very much mixed with ideas of who those young men were way back then. I can imagine them young strong and vital, out for the adventure of it all.<BR/><BR/>I've also visited a German cemetery in Belgium and there is no peace there ... perhaps the commonwealth soldiers gain what they lost as they died.<BR/><BR/>Being there for those 5 days, I felt accompanied by ghosts, those curious, happy, mockingly humour-filled boys and men from New Zealand and Australia and other places too and I found myself wondering what they would be making of all the fuss over those days of commemoration.Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-7058648975345837742007-07-22T21:22:00.000+02:002007-07-22T21:22:00.000+02:00The symmetry must surely give lie to the chaos of ...The symmetry must surely give lie to the chaos of their parting. <BR/><BR/>It is almost as if the serenity of the cemetery glosses over the violence of their end!<BR/><BR/>What an irony!Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.com