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Comment 3 of 3, added on February 12th, 2007 at 10:19 PM.
This must be considered aming the classic anti-war poems ever. I remember reading it for the first time as an undergraduate taking a World Survey Course in literature as a Freshman at Saint Johns's University, Colegeville, Mn. It was at the height of the Viet Nam War and the anti-war movement was very strong on campus and elsewhere. The poem speaks for itself. Today, after almost four decades it is so true. The imagery of the war in Iraq,the destruction of that once fertile land and the ravages of war on its leaders and its people make Dylan Thomas' words all the more meaningful. "Hands have no tears to shed"
Luther E. Smith from Bahamas
Comment 2 of 3, added on December 21st, 2005 at 4:07 AM.
all the hands that sign papers are wrinkled hands, very old hands, they barley hold the ben and a smile revealtheir broken teeth. they are mostly dead
yasmeen from Egypt
Comment 1 of 3, added on October 28th, 2005 at 9:23 AM.
The poem seems easily penetrated so I just want to mention that the US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara, quotes this poem in the documentary Fog of War. Appropriate.
benn egan from United States
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This must be considered aming the classic anti-war poems ever. I remember reading it for the first time as an undergraduate taking a World Survey Course in literature as a Freshman at Saint Johns's University, Colegeville, Mn. It was at the height of the Viet Nam War and the anti-war movement was very strong on campus and elsewhere. The poem speaks for itself. Today, after almost four decades it is so true. The imagery of the war in Iraq,the destruction of that once fertile land and the ravages of war on its leaders and its people make Dylan Thomas' words all the more meaningful. "Hands have no tears to shed"
Luther E. Smith from Bahamas