tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760986403290352152.post8116399588460469556..comments2024-01-23T03:58:02.422-08:00Comments on oriana-poetry: THE BATTLE OF GRUNWALD, JULY 15, 1410Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760986403290352152.post-6278069789614272482010-07-18T10:26:53.091-07:002010-07-18T10:26:53.091-07:00Thank you, Daiva, for posting a link to the poem. ...Thank you, Daiva, for posting a link to the poem. I am of course thrilled. <br /><br />Interesting, isn't it, especially given that we live in such a young country as the United States, that a battle which took place 600 years ago is so "alive." I wonder if the icon of the two swords is as well-known in Lithuania as it is in Poland. Images have great power. Another image that has gained such power is the "anchor" of the Resistance during WWII, the stylized initials standing for "Poland fights." Once the Anchor got painted on the House of the Party, the Communist government knew it was the end.orianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209366167129773052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760986403290352152.post-90747926348990633642010-07-17T20:32:23.164-07:002010-07-17T20:32:23.164-07:00Hi Oriana,
I posted the link to this poem on my bl...Hi Oriana,<br />I posted the link to this poem on my blog<br />http://www.luckydaiva.com/blog/ <br />I hope that's okay. I want my countrymen to read it.<br />I love Vilnius. I just came back from it--there were all kinds of Grunwald commemoration going on. <br />Take care,<br />Daivadaiva markelishttp://www.luckydaiva.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760986403290352152.post-46492576825847690092010-07-17T05:43:57.109-07:002010-07-17T05:43:57.109-07:00It is hard to write well about history. Thanks fo...It is hard to write well about history. Thanks for this taste of time from long ago.Phil Boiarskihttp://www.boiarski.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760986403290352152.post-21872388925740809332010-07-16T09:27:12.422-07:002010-07-16T09:27:12.422-07:00Thank you both! I love the "street-smart Lith...Thank you both! I love the "street-smart Lithuanians." Back then, forest-smart, terrain-smart. Next summer I'm going to Vilniaus.<br /><br />I was also thrilled to learn about the recreation of the battle, esp given that it's "as hot as 600 years ago," as someone said. I imagine those Poles who thought it would be "cool" to play the Teutonic Knights (I mean, what an outfit)really broiling, broiling -- discovering that those medieval battles were not exactly fun . . .orianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209366167129773052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760986403290352152.post-58156969101453181212010-07-15T22:10:36.486-07:002010-07-15T22:10:36.486-07:00And I want to thank my friend John Guzlowski for i...And I want to thank my friend John Guzlowski for introduing me to this poem. <br />DaivaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7760986403290352152.post-65427089253457428962010-07-15T22:09:19.682-07:002010-07-15T22:09:19.682-07:00What an interesting, beautiful poem. The Battle of...What an interesting, beautiful poem. The Battle of Grunwald was my favorite history lesson in Lithuanian Saturday school. Except our teacher talked about the wily, street-smart Lithuanians and the passive, educated, helpful Poles. And, of course, the rich, wrong-headed Germans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com