tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post3576857295741678757..comments2024-02-23T20:03:41.543+11:00Comments on Clairey Hewitt: That’s why I’ve penned these verses, The simple facts to tell.ClaireyHewitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15709892778460619439noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-77122472878288247252013-12-13T16:10:52.606+11:002013-12-13T16:10:52.606+11:00Very lovely. Simple, yet profound. Thanks for shar...Very lovely. Simple, yet profound. Thanks for sharing.Vishal @ Mocomihttp://mocomi.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-18651876717798467922012-04-27T14:36:30.941+10:002012-04-27T14:36:30.941+10:00This is such a lovely read, and very, very powerfu...This is such a lovely read, and very, very powerful. A wonderful story on a special day.Seana smithhttp://www.seanasmith.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-5565797244746476412012-04-25T14:21:47.775+10:002012-04-25T14:21:47.775+10:00Claire, I read this after I returned from the Dawn...Claire, I read this after I returned from the Dawn Service today. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing this poem and part of your families history. <br /><br />Lest we forget.Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944798399375789864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-51201379983271939672012-04-24T16:14:38.712+10:002012-04-24T16:14:38.712+10:00Claire, grandpa was an amazing man, his letters an...Claire, grandpa was an amazing man, his letters and all the poems he written were all so beautiful. Everyday I feel he is with me, guides me through my life. I wished I had known him longer than I did. It's amazing how much we remember of someone even though I didn't know him for long. <br />His war poem is beautiful and cherish as a member of his family. <br />He was a gracious man who thought that his writing was nothing too special.Karen Hewittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-56174051902741385322012-04-23T22:16:23.436+10:002012-04-23T22:16:23.436+10:00Wow Claire, thank you for sharing such an intimate...Wow Claire, thank you for sharing such an intimate part of your family's history. What a poet and the handwriting! Very moving xCarli @ Tiny Savageshttp://www.tinysavages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-28721525808013428872012-04-23T22:09:56.615+10:002012-04-23T22:09:56.615+10:00Lovely poem - what a gem for your family to have. ...Lovely poem - what a gem for your family to have. I wonder did our Great Grandfathers cross paths? My great grandfather James Picken Cowey MC was in the 14th battalion, but transferred to the 46th battalion after Gallipoli with the AIF reshuffle. Maybe at the Western Front...<br />Thanks for posting.Summerhttp://afightinglife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-28109866401104687402012-04-23T21:24:55.939+10:002012-04-23T21:24:55.939+10:00What an amazing man. And a wordsmith too. It's...What an amazing man. And a wordsmith too. It's so hard to imagine what war was like - but poems like these give us a glimspe. I'm so glad too that he penned these words so that we could hear them. I hope many generations into the future will continue to hear them - thanks to you Claire. Thank you for sharing.Deb @ Bright and Precioushttp://www.brightandprecious.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-6699638407347669522012-04-23T15:23:23.631+10:002012-04-23T15:23:23.631+10:00Breathtaking post, Claire. Thank you.Breathtaking post, Claire. Thank you.Sally Oakley (@SallyRavels)http://thethreadededge.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-67491736194457632642012-04-23T14:56:32.681+10:002012-04-23T14:56:32.681+10:00Wow, what an amazing part of history you have shar...Wow, what an amazing part of history you have shared with us. Got all teary too. Lest We forget.themodernparenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065613449533298829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-34617353929949909522012-04-23T14:52:18.747+10:002012-04-23T14:52:18.747+10:00This is a wonderful poem. Thank you so much for sh...This is a wonderful poem. Thank you so much for sharing! <br /><br />I went to Amiens and to the Australian war cemeteries when I was in France when I was 20. It was an amazing and very humbling experience. <br /><br />xDanniellehttp://sunnybydesign.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-80892970187474392032012-04-23T12:44:54.178+10:002012-04-23T12:44:54.178+10:00wonderful .wonderful .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-39245803036466947172012-04-23T12:34:17.929+10:002012-04-23T12:34:17.929+10:00Ooops. Should have said brave men AND WOMEN!Ooops. Should have said brave men AND WOMEN!cjtatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08647596319711811125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-14114903043509490242012-04-23T12:33:24.325+10:002012-04-23T12:33:24.325+10:00Got all teary reading this. Thanks to "Being ...Got all teary reading this. Thanks to "Being Me" for sharing your link. My grandfather is an ANZAC too and I am so thankful every day for the freedom bestowed upon us by these brave men!<br /><br />And how lovely was his writing! A almost forgotten art!cjtatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08647596319711811125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-23127222331014508062012-04-23T11:40:17.623+10:002012-04-23T11:40:17.623+10:00I am all goosebumps.
How profound.
Thank you so ...I am all goosebumps.<br /><br />How profound.<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing this piece of your family history. A world's history. I'm speechless. Such beautiful writing painting such awful imagery.Being Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600427311498297800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-37646716889238344252012-04-23T10:54:59.406+10:002012-04-23T10:54:59.406+10:00How wonderful a Keepsake and Memory your Great Gra...How wonderful a Keepsake and Memory your Great Grandfather has left you and your family.<br />Thank You so much for sharing.<br />I love the handwritten start, such a beautiful script.Nat - Muddy Farmwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161791158132670303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-34087561803767314232012-04-23T09:56:13.372+10:002012-04-23T09:56:13.372+10:00Wow. Thank you for sharing. xWow. Thank you for sharing. xlipglossmummahttp://www.lipglossmumma.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-92131575138979101102012-04-23T08:00:35.924+10:002012-04-23T08:00:35.924+10:00Thanks for sharing such a precious and important p...Thanks for sharing such a precious and important part of your family history. It is something for you to be really proud of xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615960162747995029.post-71259983909972320842012-04-23T07:26:37.371+10:002012-04-23T07:26:37.371+10:00goodness me. i don't comment very often, but i...goodness me. i don't comment very often, but i have to say thank you. such beautiful words, i'm very glad your family have preserved them. the simple facts indeed.sascedarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851709906766532130noreply@blogger.com