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Severn
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since 1999-07-17
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0 posted 1999-08-21 09:01 AM


O Turkey
great shaken land
for you do we weep
but our tears
are not as rich
as the blood
you have shed
As your moon rises
and your stars salute
who will mourn?
who will wail?
Who is left
to dig the cold graves
of your dead?

O Turkey
great fallen land
for you do we grieve
as the lives
of your children
seep away
in the mud
The screams of the lost
the anguish untold
whose voices?
whose terrors?
Who is left
upon your crushed
landscape of death?

Dear Turkey
great wasted one
sad beloved land:
for you do we weep.

© Copyright 1999 Kamla Mahony - All Rights Reserved
Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley
1 posted 1999-08-21 09:55 AM


Severn, this is such a good one! Very sad! Guess God just needed more souls in Heaven quickly!

poetFemmeFatale
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since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646
Arkansas
2 posted 1999-08-21 11:03 AM


Well deVine always finds the good if there is any! It makes it seem a bit less painful....nice of you to write such a moving piece when the world needs it most....what a nightmare they have lived....I can't even imagine something like that happening here....chilling. Great piece...!

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- poet FemmeFatale

"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone..." Henrik Ibsen (1826-1906) Norwegian dramatist lyric poet


Sue
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since 1999-08-04
Posts 383
France
3 posted 1999-08-21 05:27 PM


POWERFUL!
Christopher
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Purgatorial Incarceration
4 posted 1999-10-20 02:46 AM


And here again I see the beauty of your empathetic heart!
And well written as well in a poignant voice!

Severn
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704

5 posted 1999-10-21 02:00 AM


Thankyou my dove.
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