Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

[MrTwinTowers]

so good

[MrSpiritCoach]

Thank you for this my friend. Perhaps your art can help us stop fighting the wars in our hearts. Peace.

[ubualso]

I'm sorry to say I agree with Auden that art changes nothing--all it can do is bear witness.

[MrSpiritCoach]

I humbly disagree. Yes, art bears witness, but it does much more. It offers hope, it expands creativity and heart. If your work touches just one heart, one soul, to a heart bearing peace, you've touched possible universes. Peace.

[underpants1965]

I heard this song sang at WWI veteran Harry Patch's funeral (6/8/09), so decided to look it up on here, but listening to it whilste reading your 'placard poems' makes it so much more poignant, so many wasted lives, so much misery, will anyone ever learn anything from these wars??

[ubualso]

Thanks, friend--we learn nothing, forget everything, and do it again.

[mickyblue247]

Ray....You are truly gifted. Having fought in the war,I'm a bit conflicted. This doesn't mean I approved of 'nam,in fact I left the Army on returning home. Nine years down the drain ! Ah well, before I digress,let me restate, your work is the most professional on utube.

[ubualso]

I hear you, Michael, but I think we're on the same page--USAF (Ret.), 1948-53. Appreciation and praise are always good to hear, but especially from someone who has been around the block. Many thanks, good buddy!

[BexzTheBest]

i love this song :) it´s soo good x]

[kuellberg]

Ein sehr geiles Video zu einem sehr geilen Lied! Respekt. Krieg ist so vergeblich!

[ubualso]

Vielen Dank! Keep the faith, brother!

[WolverineDeus]

Thank you. These are the things that need to be said, and repeated again and again, until the Masters of War finally hear them.

[ubualso]

Thanks for your good words, Scott. (I note from your channel that they're not the only kind flying around!) I'm 76, and it seems my life, to paraphrase Mehitabel, has been one damn war after another. I hope your generation fares better.

[kbenner]

Thank-You.

[ubualso]

I'm pleased these little poems may have spoken to you or for you, and my thanks to you for troubling to comment on them.

[Beloved49]

Just wonderful....

love-bd

[avatar723]

Who wrote the placard-poems?

[ubualso]

I wrote the placard-poems. They are modeled loosely on similar works by the little-known, early 20th Century French poet, Pierre Albert-Birot. Thanks for your interest.

[ebruceb]

Fantastic poetic statement and political/social commentary.