War . . . and all it's glory. (Part 2)

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Open Poetry #46

War . . . and all it's glory. (Part 2)

Nocturnal Pulse
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since 2010-08-12

Posts 84
Australia

0 posted 2010-08-12 09:24 AM

Assemble, Soldiers! Let us not pretend.
We have loves, souls and lives to rend!

As they march, they resemble corpses.
Corpses mounted upon weary horses.

Armed with holstered machines of pain.
On strained backs, slings their own bane.

They begin to doubt the unanimous conviction;
They're gripping only lies and fiction.

When what was deemed truth, now makes little sense.
As bloodshed increases, faces grow tense.

With not even the validity of a hearse.
The battlegrounds become a curse.

As friends fight, fall behind and die.
Frequently in need of saying goodbye.

With hollow hearts, that long ago diminished.
They will trudge on, until they are finished.

[This message has been edited by Nocturnal Pulse (08-14-2010 10:08 PM).]

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2010-08-12 09:47 AM

Yes, you have stories in you...
share them well.

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

2 posted 2010-08-12 10:29 AM

I for one love a good story.. :-)

as Ms Sun said.. tell them well...

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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3 posted 2010-08-12 01:05 PM

Stories of war and death and heart, in poetry, become an art.

katahdin
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since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

4 posted 2010-08-12 11:56 PM

With these times being what they are, with loved ones still fighting wars so far away, this speaks to us all. Your poems 1&2 have inspired me to write one too.
Kat >^..^<

[This message has been edited by katahdin (08-13-2010 12:30 AM).]

Eterne
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since 2010-07-21

Posts 75
Quebec, Canada

5 posted 2010-08-14 07:36 PM

"They begin to doubt the unanimous conviction;
They're gripping only lies and fiction.

When what was deemed truth, now makes little sense.
As bloodshed increases, faces grow tense."

I was one of those millions marching all over the world in anti-war protests, not so long ago, twice. How utterly sad that so many see the true face of war only after looking death in the eyes.
Peace to you.

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