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Open Poetry #47

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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2012-01-06 07:56 PM

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And a three
Star general
Told Peter
Of his struggles

Tactics
Strategies
Flanking movements
Courageous maneuvers

And felt bad
He’d died
When he did
But old is old
Indifferent
To all battlefields

And a soldier
Not twenty
When suddenly
He met eternity

Nearby said quietly
I was there too

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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-01-06 08:11 PM

Yes. He was. Sobering poetry.

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

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2012-01-08 05:02 PM

Sigh, sad and impressive. Went to read the history of that road ... Its original name doesn't fit anymore, as it is drenched with blood and surrounded by cemeteries.

Well done, sobering yes!

Margherita

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2012-01-10 12:25 PM

Sad and poignant comment, John.
Ida

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