I tried…
J.D Salinger….
My mentor dear J. D Salinger. I pray you found peace. Life taught you to seek loneliness. You saw the bloody war, opened up the death camps for the world to see. Lost a great love and sought salvation in loneliness. Mr. Salinger, what you could of taught us.
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Mr. Hemingway….
I wish I knew you Ernest. I would of loved to shared a whiskey in Paris with you, a pint of beer in New York city. I would want to hear you talk. You saw two wars and lived a life seeking new places and to test life. Your words left. Education, if you read and try to understand them. I wonder what was your last thoughts before you pulled the trigger. Regret or maybe the blood of war had found you?
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Kosinski….
You were a master of the word. Your words hard and true. Only hard reader can read your books. Painted Bird and Being there. My education into real writing. You saw death and you lost everything. You survived war roaming as a child. You left us with more questions than answers. Dear Kosinski. You died alone, plaster bag upon your face and told no-one goodbye. What did you think in the last moments? Did you remember war? Did you remember your family? Did you remember love? One day, I will ask you why at the purgatory Inn?
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Words, my friend. Us, who love to write. We bleed to paper. Our blessing and our greatest pain. I held a 30-30 once. Hemingway and Kosinski whispered to me. Not your time yet. We will meet at the Purgatory Inn later. Not tonight.
Coyote
Thoughtful words written to masters who found their words and their way through pain – a pain that consumed two of them. 😢
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All three dear Michelle. Salinger tried to commit suicide twice and he wrote in a bunker. He stayed good friends with his three friends from WW2 to the ending. The WW1 and WW2 generation was the beginning of the war years. Korean war and the Vietnam war. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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Oh, that is sad about Salinger, but not too surprising. I read, The Catcher in the Rye, during my senior year in high school. The path of an artist can be difficult, and for some, tormented, especially sensitive souls, who have had to endure the brutality and harshness of war. 💔 You are welcome.
Are you familiar with author, Tim O’Brien? I enjoyed his semi-autobiographical book about the Vietnam War, titled, The Things They Carried.
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I heard his name. I will research the book dear Michelle. Salinger wanted to be a soldier. The battle of winning Europe back were deadly and terrible. He learn a hard lesson. I would love to read the many book he locked away.
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Let me know if you read it. My grandfather was a decorated WWII combat veteran, and while I have some insight into what he went through, his generation kept so much buried inside. I have his many letters, medals, and memorabilia. Priceless items.
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Those items will gain more value with time dear Michele. I kept my father’s medals also.
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