{"id":3267,"date":"2013-02-09T01:44:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T01:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2019-12-08T07:41:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T20:41:07","slug":"weekly-photo-challenge-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=3267","title":{"rendered":"Weekly photo challenge: Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

My father volunteered to go to the Middle East in 1941 as a soldier, and it’s clear from his poetry and photos that it wasn’t quite the adventure he’d expected and that he thought often of home.\u00a0 And my mother, who was the girlfriend left behind, sent him photos of herself in her front yard (photos were only ever taken outdoors then), to show him what he was missing.<\/p>\n

My transcription of the poem follows the image.<\/p>\n

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My mother at 19, 1941<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Thoughts<\/a>
“Thoughts of Home”, R.E. Bruce, 1941, \u00a9 Patricia Worth, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thoughts of Home<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve just come off duty,
\nAnd feeling kind of blue,
\nSo the best thing I can think of
\nIs to drop a line to you.
\nWriting seems to cheer me
\nMakes a man remember home,
\nAnd makes him often wonder
\nWhy he commenced to roam.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

If by chance they get me,
\nShould put me out of gear,
\nI’ll go out like a Briton,
\nLike you would have me Dear,
\nBut in the meantime, while I live,
\nWhile the guns and cannons roar,
\nI’ll pray with all my heart, Dear,
\nThat we will meet some more.<\/p>\n

R.E. Bruce
\n\u00a9 Patricia Worth, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My father volunteered to go to the Middle East in 1941 as a soldier, and it’s clear from his poetry and photos that it wasn’t quite the adventure he’d expected and that he thought often of home.\u00a0 And my mother, who was the girlfriend left behind, sent him photos of herself in her front yard … <\/p>\n

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