Not my bag Sue. Look forward to seeing yours.
bw
James
>From: Sue Scalf <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: This would be a good subject for a poem.
>Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 08:51:35 EST
>
> Facts from the past
>Over one-and-a-half million US airmen, soldiers and sailors were stationed
>in
>the United Kingdom by May 1944, according to Realm magazine. Over 6,700
>young
>Americans died flying from bases in Essex, Cambridge and Suffolk. In a
>D-Day
>practice in Devon, German boats sank two landing crafts with the loss of
>749
>men. Thousands of Americans are buried in Britain, graves marked with white
>marble memorials. Cambridge cemetery contains 3,812 American dead. And
>there
>are records of 5,126 whose remains were never found. In Surrey there are
>468
>American graves.
>This same article in Realm points out that"the alliance forged between
>Britain and United States in that dark age of the Nazi and Japanese
>tyranny,
>stands firm to this day. . ." As an American, I wondering now, is that
>really true? I think this would be a wonderful topic for a poem. I may
>try
>to write it myself. In the meantime, I would like to challenge you to
>write
>it. Sue
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