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Jon Mewett Senior Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304 |
A voice is raised a bullet flies A country wins a young dies A flashing knife returns to sheath For one spent life a broken wreath The family weeps the leaders scorn His only sin was to be born Field where crimson blood flows down And mingles quietly with the ground Field where inhuman men are praised Where sorrow death and anger raised The field that’s arm in arm with strife Has no respect for any life This field I talk about is war And when this field exists no more And all this death and sorrow gone The human race will live as one Jon Mewett Today as most days I watched images of war from all over our planet on the television. Although these images were fairly graphic I find it difficult to portray the utter horror. Some things are better said simply. I understand people find themselves in awful circumstances but when are we going to LEARN? |
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childomine Senior Member
since 2000-01-25
Posts 818st. petersburg, FL |
Jon you touched my heart with this poignant poem. I too ask, when, if ever, will we learn??? ...Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.... Black Eagle Oglala Sioux holy man |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Terribly sad poem....when will humanity find other ways to solve conflict. Ways that don't involve taking millions of innocent lives. Communication is so so so so lacking in the world today. Your poem expresses this horrific topic very well! Love and hugs, Lizzie  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Excellent poem, Jon. You've described the futility of war well with these words. Denise |
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John the cat Member
since 2000-03-23
Posts 357England |
As always, I am moved by your words. Only when all people think of others before themselves will we be at peace. May your roof never fall in and those beneath it never fall out. Irish proverb. |
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Jon Mewett Senior Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304 |
Thanx Everybody. Jon |
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Dennis L. White Senior Member
since 2000-02-17
Posts 1463Michigan, U.S.A. |
Jon, You raise a valid question, WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END? Unfortantely, no end is in sight, thanks for your thoughtful verse. Dennis :^) |
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blackhalo Member
since 2000-02-15
Posts 467Denver, CO |
Jon, Your words are so moving. There is no end in sight to all of the madness that our world encompasses, but with God's strength, all is renewed. I'm so sorry for your terrible experiences. God bless, and good luck in life. Hope, Alicia A. Renzelman |
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Sasikat Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 290St. Petersburg, FL |
Jon, What a perfect picture you paint of the terrible thing called war that humans around the world partake in. I try to think positively, but I don't have a lot of confidence the mankind will ever learn. Sheila ...the earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the measure of our bodies are the same........... Joseph, Nez Perce Chief |
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twinsgd Member
since 2000-02-13
Posts 416Ontario,Canada |
Excellent Poem Jon No chance of an end to war We are what we are and apparently what we always have been, and what I fear we always will be. Jack |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
I have to agree, ... I don't think that we will ever leave war behind us .. Superb writing here, Jon ...... "Man is complex .... he makes deserts bloom and lakes die." Dr. Laurence J. Peter |
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wonderous Member
since 2000-02-29
Posts 75 |
hi jon i come from India where Kashmir is a source of daily conflict which every couple of years turns into war. while i am very prouud of the men who protect my country on the worlds highest battle ground, i feel for those who die on the otherside as well i wish we could all learn so that someones son, husband, father,brother need not die you are right some things are best said simply |
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