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Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2001-11-06 09:20 PM

The battle rages around me, sounds of death ring true.
Life blood coating  green covering with crimson hue.
Sounds of distant cannon echoing among the trees.
Flinching at the sound of each explosion on my knees.

Why must I fight my brother?  Why the blue and gray?
What cause could tear blood apart and take a life away?
He left angrily to fight for a cause, a cause I did not share.
I lost a friend, I lost a brother, he is gone and is not there.

My fight is not for freedom, my fight is not for me.
My fight is just for a simple reason, to keep my family.
They took them into bondage, they worked them  in fields.
They tricked them into leaving as they dropped their shields.

The children grew in a hostile land, a land not their own.
They grew up working hard each day, often to the bone.
A price was paid for them when they were but just a child.
Taken away in chains,  no longer running  free or wild.

I fought for them, I gave my life, I gave my brother too.
I died of blue, tried and true, I gave my life for you.
My grave unmarked is now a shrine, white pillars in a row.
My family lost blue and gray that day we died, so long ago.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-11-06 09:24 PM

Years and years ago, after reading The Red Badge of Courage, we were asked to write a poem about it...

I would have written this...

Well done!

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

2 posted 2001-11-06 10:03 PM

Sunshine....thanx for the remarks...I felt
compelled to write this...I really cannot
explain why...Guess I need to think about it
for a little while...Twas a sad time in our
country's history. Brothers killing brothers.

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2001-11-06 10:11 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) Such a sad and heartbreaking truth. My heart cries out to all our brothers dying in war and the families that have to cope with the losses. (big hugggssssss) My heart is with you and all these people, sweet friend! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Magnus, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2001-11-06 10:12 PM

Barry! This is brilliant! Excellent writing and a lot of work put into this. You should be very proud of this piece.
~hugs, Nancy~

~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before.~

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

5 posted 2001-11-06 10:20 PM

Yes, this is outstanding.Should be placed right into the history books,I think. And thanks for visiting me in my lonely castle.
Sandra

peaches73533
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since 2001-11-04

Posts 981
OK, USA

6 posted 2001-11-06 10:28 PM

Excellent writing.
Peaches

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

7 posted 2001-11-06 10:47 PM

Noah, the poem is about the civil war and
all of the men who fought on both sides..
some from the same families...fighting
against the other...a tragic part of our
history.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

8 posted 2001-11-06 10:48 PM

Thanx Nancy...something came over me and I
just started putting it down...and voila...
now you see it.. Yes...it touches me too.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

9 posted 2001-11-06 10:50 PM

Sandra...it is in the history books...and
all around us here in Charleston SC. BTW..
you are welcome for the visit to the castle.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

10 posted 2001-11-06 10:50 PM

Peaches...once again...thank you very much.

Startime
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since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

11 posted 2001-11-07 08:41 PM

*sigh* An emotion packed poem that shows the true spirit of the great country you live in. MAGNIFICENT!!!THIS BEAUTY GETS A STANDING OVATION!!!IT TRULY DOES BELONG IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

12 posted 2001-11-07 09:20 PM

Thanx Karen...Gee...who is going to watch
the fort while I go to the history books?
Thanx...happy you enjoyed this piece of
history..

walker
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since 2001-02-11

Posts 2240
Florida

13 posted 2001-11-07 09:25 PM

Aren't all wars about brothers against brothers. Sad poem but made me think. Thanks for sharing.

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

14 posted 2001-11-07 09:32 PM

Yes Walker, I guess you could say that.
Even those who are not linked by birth.
We are all brothers...thank you.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

15 posted 2001-11-08 02:30 AM

Magnus~
You did a wonderful job with this~
Thank you for sharing ...
I'd like to share this one with you-
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Same subject ... different dab of ink~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

16 posted 2001-11-08 03:32 PM

Marge....thank you for your feelings about
mine....I just read yours...and seems I can't
get the tears out of my eyes....Very touching
and oh so real....I think we both have done
well....Thank you.

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