A Letter To Saigon
A former soldier writes a letter66 total reviews
Comment from dragonpoet
Hi Tom,
First, thank you for your service. I am sorry for the way the Vietnam war veterans were treated.
This poems short lines enhance the feeling and the fast pace of the war.
It shows how love can happen in any situation. It also give images of all the death and destruction of war with both the weapons and drugs.
Keep writing and stay healthy.
Joan
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Hi Tom,
First, thank you for your service. I am sorry for the way the Vietnam war veterans were treated.
This poems short lines enhance the feeling and the fast pace of the war.
It shows how love can happen in any situation. It also give images of all the death and destruction of war with both the weapons and drugs.
Keep writing and stay healthy.
Joan
Comment Written 17-Mar-2023
Comment from Aussie
Well written Tom. Men in battle need release and Miss Saigon was ready to give it them. Our boys were only nineteen - bum-fluff soldiers. The vietnam women couldn't be trusted, get the men drunk and the next thing, men would stand on a landmine. Glad you wrote author's notes. My dad was serving in New Guinea, didn't have the female problems there. Best wishes; your Down Under sweetheart. K xx Easily your best poem!
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Well written Tom. Men in battle need release and Miss Saigon was ready to give it them. Our boys were only nineteen - bum-fluff soldiers. The vietnam women couldn't be trusted, get the men drunk and the next thing, men would stand on a landmine. Glad you wrote author's notes. My dad was serving in New Guinea, didn't have the female problems there. Best wishes; your Down Under sweetheart. K xx Easily your best poem!
Comment Written 17-Mar-2023
Comment from bob cullen
Sorry, out of sixes. But seriously, thank you and all your colleagues for your efforts in the war. Without those efforts and sacrifices who know where this world would be today. And more significantly for me as an Australian, who knows who would now be controlling Australia.
This is an epic poem, detailing most accurately I assume the battles Allied soldiers underwent in these horrific circumstances. Thank you again.
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Sorry, out of sixes. But seriously, thank you and all your colleagues for your efforts in the war. Without those efforts and sacrifices who know where this world would be today. And more significantly for me as an Australian, who knows who would now be controlling Australia.
This is an epic poem, detailing most accurately I assume the battles Allied soldiers underwent in these horrific circumstances. Thank you again.
Comment Written 17-Mar-2023
Comment from Paul McFarland
My conscience bothers me because I missed that war. You have given a vivid description of what was going on over there. I didn't really need that scab picked at, but I guess I deserved it.
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My conscience bothers me because I missed that war. You have given a vivid description of what was going on over there. I didn't really need that scab picked at, but I guess I deserved it.
Comment Written 17-Mar-2023
Comment from jacquelyn popp
This is a beautifully written poem. It is a wonderful tribute to fallen soldiers. The way that you wrote it, as if it just happened, an amazing piece of your writing. You have used great detail and created good imagery. Your poem is very powerful and moving. Excellent poem, and great presentation. Thank you for sharing.
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This is a beautifully written poem. It is a wonderful tribute to fallen soldiers. The way that you wrote it, as if it just happened, an amazing piece of your writing. You have used great detail and created good imagery. Your poem is very powerful and moving. Excellent poem, and great presentation. Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 17-Mar-2023
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
Changes are infinite and inevitable, any human activity also changes with the passage of time; a former soldier writes a letter to Saigon in the republic of Korea about their war activities, their losses and gains from war activities; well said; ALCREATOR LITT DEAR
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Changes are infinite and inevitable, any human activity also changes with the passage of time; a former soldier writes a letter to Saigon in the republic of Korea about their war activities, their losses and gains from war activities; well said; ALCREATOR LITT DEAR
Comment Written 16-Mar-2023
Comment from Nicki Nance
You wrote it as if it just happened. The events are in great detail and the shared emotional experiences breathe real life into this amazing work. Excellent!
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You wrote it as if it just happened. The events are in great detail and the shared emotional experiences breathe real life into this amazing work. Excellent!
Comment Written 16-Mar-2023
Comment from jake cosmos aller
very powerful and moving poem about Saigon during the height of the Vietnam war era. I was too young to have served and probably would have received a deferment due to my very bad vision, but still admire those who did. I went to Saigon twice in 1995 right after re-opening of the embassy and again in 2019 pre-COVID shut downs. Wrote a lot of poems about my Vietnam experiences.
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very powerful and moving poem about Saigon during the height of the Vietnam war era. I was too young to have served and probably would have received a deferment due to my very bad vision, but still admire those who did. I went to Saigon twice in 1995 right after re-opening of the embassy and again in 2019 pre-COVID shut downs. Wrote a lot of poems about my Vietnam experiences.
Comment Written 16-Mar-2023
Comment from nomi338
As a fourteen year old I read a book about American GIs in Okinawa. I recognized the freedom they experienced in a place where they were freer than they could ever be here at home. as an eighteen year old Air Force Policeman, I was given my choice of duty stations and I of course chose Okinawa. I will never regret that choice. The only regret I have is I had a chance to extend my stay and I rejected it. What the heck was I thinking? That, I believe was the worst decision I have ever made.
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As a fourteen year old I read a book about American GIs in Okinawa. I recognized the freedom they experienced in a place where they were freer than they could ever be here at home. as an eighteen year old Air Force Policeman, I was given my choice of duty stations and I of course chose Okinawa. I will never regret that choice. The only regret I have is I had a chance to extend my stay and I rejected it. What the heck was I thinking? That, I believe was the worst decision I have ever made.
Comment Written 16-Mar-2023
Comment from Janet Foor
A powerful poem with images that could haunt the soldiers who lived this ordeal. I had a cousin who served in Vietnam and sadly didn't make it back alive. Your writing style for his poem is very fitting for the topic.
Well done.
Blessing
Janet
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A powerful poem with images that could haunt the soldiers who lived this ordeal. I had a cousin who served in Vietnam and sadly didn't make it back alive. Your writing style for his poem is very fitting for the topic.
Well done.
Blessing
Janet
Comment Written 16-Mar-2023
