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Cari Member Posts 411 Englnand |
Take a cause, any cause will do Your country needs you To fight the good fight For haven’t we told you God is on our side ~ Drown compassion in the heady wine of patriotism Sound the bugles Strike up the tunes of glory Raise the rippling banner ~ Hold your head high Away with fear Think not of the black bags They are for lesser men Let the innocent go undressed ~ Ignore the pages of history Of bones that rest in poppy fields The grief in a mother’s tears I hear you friend and the other you Laughing in the shadows |
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Ticklefingers Senior Member Posts 710 Louisiana |
He who laughs last, laughs best...whoever that is. She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast". |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
"Think not of the black bags" I mentioned them in one of my poems.. I called them what the military calls them..:"HRP(s)" Human Remains Pouch.. I got a chill when I read that line, hope it never ceases to disgust me. Good read, C |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
nice writing...james |
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DaysofView Member
since 2014-04-01
Posts 433Just A Slice Of The Pie |
Your poems are always good to read but they seem so busy. God can't be on everybody's side but how are you supposed to know? I'm not sure. It was just a thought which made them run. It was just an act that killed them. |
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rainyday Member Posts 304 Heartland USA |
Powerful write Cari! Well done.. rainy |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yep! It is a very evil inside men's souls for the most part. Really understand your words. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Cari Member Posts 411 Englnand |
The poem is obviously satirical and anti war. I’m no pacifist, having served five years in the British army and two years in Africa as a weapon instructor. But conflict isn’t a Hollywood movie or an Xbox game; it’s a bloody cess pit and one that leaves the dead, the crippled and all those who are mentally scarred for life. A few wars, a very few have to be fought, as for the rest they are decided on the whims and wishes of politicians and corporate interests. It leaves the common soldier, eating his canned rations, supplied by the lowest bidder, thinking ‘What the hell am I doing here’ The English poet Kipling said it better than I can over a hundred years ago. We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too, But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you; Thanks for reading and for your kind comments. Cari. |
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