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The effects of war
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The effects of war |
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Miss Abagail Mannering Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 136byron, il |
The Effects of War By Miss Abagail Mannering The shrill sound of the fifer's song contrasts sharply with the beating drums. The procession of soldiers march by- clad with threadbare, mismatched uniforms... Most shoeless, all starving scarecrows of men. Hungry not only for enough food to eat but for better times that shall never come again. The light in ther eyes..no longer there, for they've seen far too much death and horrors unspeakable to be jolly any longer. The light-heartedness in their step... now reduced to the plodding of broken dreams and heavy hearts. Who cares for the loosers, those gallant men that fought just as hard as the victors? The loved ones that they return home to won't recognize them. Who cares for the gallant boys in grey? |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
War was, is, and always will be hell. Excellent poem. Denise |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
I really like the way this one was written....yes, I second Denise above  |
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Miss Abagail Mannering Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 136byron, il |
thank you... i hope to have some more of my civil war poems posted on here shortly.. "Some people aren't worth a puddle of ant pee in the middle of a dessert when it's 100 degrees in the shade." -me |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
This is a great work on a horrid subject... 'Writing sharpens life; life enriches writing' Sylvia Plath |
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