This paraphrase of poem “naming of parts” by Henry Ford.
This poem is about world war and the time when USA troops invaded into japan. It describes pure emotion of a soldier whose service had been bounded to his compliance.
He says: today we entitle our divisions yet yesterday we had the cleaning in our daily duty and what it would be for the day after today is the same and as I observe around I see japonica radiate like a coral in encircling neighborhood.
I am accumulating all the pieces of my weapon and putting them in their place, this is my gun’s lower pivot and that one is my upper gun’s pivot whose treat you shall see. You will get accustomed to this (gun) as soon as it is handed to you, and in your case you will never have…
All those branches that I see keep their taciturn gesture eloquently something that I would never have. And yet these safely catches of my arm can be liberated quite facilely, But hold on your fingers just as tree blossoms are exquisite and quiescent and never let anyone see their fragile fingers trigger tree branches , Relinquish Right There!.
This pin this arm is for opening cleft of it while we chiefly use it for bisecting tree and blossoms, we call this “easing the spring” because spring bees are assailing our blooms and again we call this “easing the spring” since it’s utterly easy to exterminate the point of equipoise, But for today we only have to follow the command of entitling our division while almond-blossom are calm and reserved and bees are encircling around.
Henry Reed was a British poet, translator, dramatist and journalist. He obtained a MA from university of Birmingham then worked as teacher. Later he was obliged to abounded his job and work as Japanese translator in the fronts of world war the second. His most famous poem is “lessons of the war”. He also wrote a satire for T.S Eliot’s “Burnt Norton”.
Personally I consider his poetry as one of my favorite, because he reflect true emotions of many soldiers whose submission to War is not sewn to their soul. I wrote this piece in dear memory of many Iranian soldiers who lost their precious lives during 10 years of IRAN-IRAQ war. I would never ever forget them.
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A paraphrase of the poem “Naming of Parts” by Henry Reed. Ford.
This poem is about World War 2 and the time when troops from the US army invaded japan. It describes the pure emotion of a soldier whose service has been bound to his compliance.He says:
"To-day we have naming of parts. Yesterday,
We had daily cleaning. And to-morrow morning,
We shall have what to do after firing. But to-day,
To-day we have naming of parts. Japonica
Glistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens,
And to-day we have naming of parts."
He goes on...
I am accumulating all the pieces of my weapon and putting them in their place: this is my gun’s lower pivot, and that one is my upper gun’s pivot whose use you shall see. You would get accustomed to this (gun) as soon as it was handed to you, but in your case, that is something you will never have...
All those branches that I see give their taciturn gesture eloquently - something that I will never have. And yet these safety catches of my weapon can be liberated quite easily. But hold on, don't use your fingers - just as tree blossoms are exquisite and quiescent, never letting anyone see your fragile fingers pull the trigger, Relinquish Right There!
This pin here is for opening the gun, we call this “easing the spring” and yet spring bees are assailing our blooms and again we call this “easing the spring” and it’s utterly easy to exterminate the point of equipoise. But for today we only have to follow our orders, while the almond-blossoms are calm and reserved, and bees are encircling around.
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Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday,
We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning,
We shall have what to do after firing. But to-day,
Today we have naming of parts. Japonica
Glistens like coral in all of the neighbouring gardens,
And today we have naming of parts.
This is the lower sling swivel. And this
Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see,
When you are given your slings. And this is the piling swivel,
Which in your case you have not got. The branches
Hold in the gardens their silent, eloquent gestures,
Which in our case we have not got.
This is the safety-catch, which is always released
With an easy flick of the thumb. And please do not let me
See anyone using his finger. You can do it quite easy
If you have any strength in your thumb. The blossoms
Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see
Any of them using their finger.
And this you can see is the bolt. The purpose of this
Is to open the breech, as you see. We can slide it
Rapidly backwards and forwards: we call this
Easing the spring. And rapidly backwards and forwards
The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers:
They call it easing the Spring.
They call it easing the Spring: it is perfectly easy
If you have any strength in your thumb: like the bolt,
And the breech, and the cocking-piece, and the point of balance,
Which in our case we have not got; and the almond-blossom
Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards,
For today we have naming of parts.
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