Kit Carson

Three sons you said
On your deathbed
You would have gladly sent
To fight the World's First War
Had but two more had lived
Granddad came a callin'
Off to war he soon was going
Even as you lay dying
"Go you must", you said
To my young grand sire
For you remembered childhood
When men of blue came to stay
In your front yard
In Coffee County, Tennessee
They hunted for your father
Harvey Pleasant McBride
Who wore a different color
Simply because he was from Tennessee
He went out the back door
And rallied the boys in grey
Because that's what soldiers do
and as you had no rations
Your mother sent you
And your brother out to eat
With the Yankee invaders every night
And fed you they did
Because you were thier
Brothers and Sisters
Children laughing and playing
And they were children, bleeding and dying
for a cause so awful confusing
And they had guns
And so did your father
But there were no bloody
Fields of fire in Coffee County
The war moved on
And came back again
As it always does
And your new country
Once again united
Asked you for your son
And friends asked how you could do it
And here was your reply
"That's what mothers do"
mjcarson
6-5-07
In Loving Memory of Mary Elizabeth McBride Carson
My Great-Grandmother
Whom I know,thanks to Virginia Carson Jefferson
Who wrote it down and passed it on

Sally Roberts

WOW! Kit:

Your Great Grandmother would have been proud of you for this one.
I had to read and re-read it over several times, just because so good and of what it stood for.
Your excellence in free verse was grand!

Thanks for the history lesson!

Blessings

Jer4clarity

Kit,

The wars we go to or find ourself in.....this is well written and so we get to go back in time and feel the drum beats of war of either side. my fav:

Jerry

Kit Carson

PaintedDiary

Dear Kit,

I cannot say it better than Sally and Jerry has already. The piece is omnipotent to say the very least. This is the kind of "Pohistry" {I am known to make up words and this is (Poetry + History)} that belongs in the family library, the public library, and in the library of our lives. Your Great-Mother would be very proud as well as other family members. I am proud of you and I could not read this just once. I do not think anyone can. Those two lines are etched deeply beyond the surface. This is much more than poetry, or poetry on a grand scale. I am honored to read and thank you Kit for yet again another Historical write. Simply Captivating just like your novel. An excellent rating indeed.

Kim

Kit Carson