Open Poetry #8 |
Soldier |
OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
Soldier A fresh faced boy of seventeen, I kissed her cheek through railway steam, A velvet kiss that stayed with me, On carrion wings to Tripoli, And Anzio, but part of me, Fell innocent at Normandy. Till cowering in some shell shocked hole, With sightless eyes and hollow soul, I racked my brain to see her face, But gone was she, and home...replaced, With travestys of human flesh, Limbless, ragged wraiths of death, The horror and futility, Of all I am revealed to me, The harshest casualty of war, To forget the one I'm fighting for. |
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Jan Member
since 2000-06-14
Posts 114 |
I saw your name and had to take a peek, and I am grateful that I did. Your writing is amazing. I am the one who is envious. |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
Thankyou Jan I appreciate you taking the time to read my stuff and giving a newby a break Olias |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
This is wonderful!!! Please edit it so we can vote for it for the book! I like it very much. |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
a powerful poem, wondefully written. < !signature--> ------------------------ "We Irish are too poetic to be poets, we are a nation of brilliant failures." Oscar Wilde A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [This message has been edited by brian madden (edited 06-20-2000).] |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
Thankyou everyone for being so kind to a new kid on the block, and thanks for showing such an interest, it feels good to finally come out into the light. You give me the confidence to try and do better. Olias |
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