The End of War Poetry

[Mik]

POTY. Wow.

[Jolly]

Aqua, do you Kipple?

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in The End of War Poetry:

Aqua, do you Kipple?

Eh?

[Jolly]

A surprising amount of soldiers can quote many of Kipling's poems from memory. When two or more soldiers are trading his poems or reciting them in unison, it's called kipling, or a soldier is said to kiple (kipple).

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in The End of War Poetry:

A surprising amount of soldiers can quote many of Kipling's poems from memory. When two or more soldiers are trading his poems or reciting them in unison, it's called kipling, or a soldier is said to kiple (kipple).

I gotta say I'm not familiar. That's great. When you say, "a surprising amount of soldiers," do you mean today? Please tell me people still do this.

[Catseye3]

@Aqua-Letifer "After hours, they'd have an Honor Box: basically, you slip two dollars into the coin slot for every book you took out of the box."

Lovely idea!

Thanks for this post, Aqua.

[Jolly]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The End of War Poetry:

@Jolly said in The End of War Poetry:

A surprising amount of soldiers can quote many of Kipling's poems from memory. When two or more soldiers are trading his poems or reciting them in unison, it's called kipling, or a soldier is said to kiple (kipple).

I gotta say I'm not familiar. That's great. When you say, "a surprising amount of soldiers," do you mean today? Please tell me people still do this.

Today. Especially among officers. Tommy and The Sons of Martha are a couple of the favorites.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in The End of War Poetry:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The End of War Poetry:

@Jolly said in The End of War Poetry:

A surprising amount of soldiers can quote many of Kipling's poems from memory. When two or more soldiers are trading his poems or reciting them in unison, it's called kipling, or a soldier is said to kiple (kipple).

I gotta say I'm not familiar. That's great. When you say, "a surprising amount of soldiers," do you mean today? Please tell me people still do this.

Today. Especially among officers. Tommy and The Sons of Martha are a couple of the favorites.

That's rad. I gotta look into this.

[Larry]

I loved reading your post, Aqua.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Larry said in The End of War Poetry:

I loved reading your post, Aqua.

Thanks, Larry. Anytime I'm told poetry's for pansies, I bring out my book of war poetry. I learned a hell of a lot more from those guys than any academic.