tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post4945907373343715252..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: Sunday Poetry - Olivia FitzRoylynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-90242338576148223292015-02-12T08:06:25.045+11:002015-02-12T08:06:25.045+11:00What a lovely photo of Olivia & her sisters. T...What a lovely photo of Olivia & her sisters. The anthology that this poem is in is full of the most wonderful poetry by women writers, usually unknown. Thank you for commenting. I hope you restart your blog sometime. Family stories are worth preserving.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-84786705346328125192015-02-11T23:17:31.045+11:002015-02-11T23:17:31.045+11:00How nice to see this post. Olivia was my great aun...How nice to see this post. Olivia was my great aunt. There's a picture of her holding the leading rein of a pony on my (very neglected!) blog. She wrote some lovely poems - many about the war, her time in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Scotland - but not all were published (although we collated them for the family). I'm so glad people are still reading her - she was an amazing person and much of her poetry is very moving. Thank you!Zoe Kenyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428614443777126461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-60522891499610652322014-04-07T07:46:50.643+10:002014-04-07T07:46:50.643+10:00It is a sad story, like so many of that time.It is a sad story, like so many of that time.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-57607251119021278522014-04-06T17:23:18.131+10:002014-04-06T17:23:18.131+10:00Thank you for posting this. I've read some of ...Thank you for posting this. I've read some of FitzRoy's children's books but didn't know about the flying boyfriend, or that she died so young. How sad.callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711070764040041338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-55682424507254908482014-04-06T15:36:22.493+10:002014-04-06T15:36:22.493+10:00Yes, I think you're right. Sometimes poetry is...Yes, I think you're right. Sometimes poetry is more immediate & really expresses the emotions of the moment in a way that exposes the truth.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-34838619026873218192014-04-06T15:12:14.196+10:002014-04-06T15:12:14.196+10:00There is a merciless cruelty in all Wars that it s...There is a merciless cruelty in all Wars that it sometimes takes real poetry to express.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-14929227749738496052014-04-06T13:19:56.154+10:002014-04-06T13:19:56.154+10:00I think the uncertainty about the future would hav...I think the uncertainty about the future would have been the hardest thing to bear.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-59946884744369999202014-04-06T10:08:08.174+10:002014-04-06T10:08:08.174+10:00That is so sad. And what a shame she died at such ...That is so sad. And what a shame she died at such a young age. It would have been a devastating time to have lived through.Travellin Penguin - Pamhttp://travellinpenguin.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com