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Open Poetry #47

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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2011-12-01 10:36 AM

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At some point
You don’t need
A bottle
A pack of cigarettes
A bus or a rock
Falling out of the sky

Who knew
Did you hear
Who could imagine
I guess in the end
It was just his time

There’s eventually
No need for Nazis
Commies or Viet Cong

All the doughty men
Gather for a final frightening
Each to the front
With no return

The winter snow
Comes sifting down
On a heap of dirt
The hole that wants
Its filling in

Another generation
Of mourners
Waiting in line

Regardless
Of how or why

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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-12-01 10:37 AM

"Another generation
Of mourners
Waiting in line"

Yes.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

2 posted 2011-12-01 11:42 AM

A sad and sobering image.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Kethry D
Member

since 2010-04-12

Posts 64
Australia

3 posted 2011-12-01 12:51 PM

I guess even heroes have an ending. Sombre poem.

A poet must leave traces of his passing not proof.

Rene Char

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

4 posted 2011-12-02 09:51 AM

Deeply felt write.
Nice.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2011-12-08 06:47 PM

Fine writing...James

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