The Writers' Circle

This is an excellent poem, a lot to think about here. I love your topic.

Some parts made me a bit uncomfortable... I thought of street parties after WWII and perhaps what you've written undermines their elation. Then again, people had died, things change, it never stays that way.

Are you influenced mostly by indepence day though?

Poignant closing lines. I like this poem a lot.

Indeed. However, taking other people's work seriously is a good thing... a pinch of understanding perhaps.

Just another opinion :)

Thanks for your reviews, guys :) Yes, clifton, I was inspired primarily by independence day and was speaking basically for the modern generation, not that of WWII (I was witness to a boy rolling his eyes as he was told to put his hand over his heart during the pledge of allegience in a high school - that p***ed me off, to tell you the truth, and this poem is for people like them). Also, Brian, you are correct, everything should be read with a pinch of salt ;P - and this was definitely one of my more drastically opinionated pieces . . .

The change in patriotism is kind of interesting though, we touched on it last year in college. Or maybe it's not haha.