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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2003-05-25 12:05 PM

Where are they now
when the flags are gone
that flew from the spired dome,
from the heights where their eyes
were uplifted to,
as the measure of pride in their souls?

Where are they now
when the bugles are gone
that challenged the beat of their hearts
with a cadence that throbbed
from the halls to the grounds,
and brought them up marching as one?

Where are they now
when the battles are gone
that drove them to rage in a day
and tore from the breast
of the mother, her son,
and armed him to march in parades?

Where are they now
when the armies are gone
that answered the animal plea,
saluted the flags
believing the song as they marched,
with the drums, to their graves?

©2003 by Icebox

[This message has been edited by icebox (05-25-2003 12:09 PM).]

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2003-05-25 12:19 PM

In our hearts
and memories,
in our books,
and history...

lest they ne'er be forgotten.

Thank you, thank you.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2003-05-25 12:59 PM

hopefully in a better place than the one they left behind?

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

3 posted 2003-05-25 01:00 PM

You are welcome.

The cliche which applies to ANY war is: "We all died a little in that damned war."

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2003-05-25 01:01 PM

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

5 posted 2003-05-25 01:31 PM

passing shadows ~ I am sorry to have made you blue. My apologies.

AniKay83
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since 2000-06-28

Posts 388
Missing Since 1999

6 posted 2003-06-09 06:15 AM

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Where are they now
when the armies are gone
that answered the animal plea,
saluted the flags
believing the song as they marched,
with the drums, to their graves?
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And this is why I wandered to the 50th page of poems here...
just to find this.
I'm glad I did. Thank you for sharing.

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unwindyormind
VIVA LA FUNK!!!

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

7 posted 2003-06-09 06:26 AM

Brings to mind an old folk song (where have all the flowers gone?)

enjoyed.

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

8 posted 2003-06-09 08:28 AM

Where are they now
when the armies are gone
that answered the animal plea,
saluted the flags
believing the song as they marched,
with the drums, to their graves?

Yes, "where are they now?"
Their minds and emotions (if they are even still alive)
will never be the same as before. My Dad still
has nightmares from things he went through in World War II.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings.

Hugs

Ethel

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

9 posted 2003-06-09 09:13 AM

And poems such as this rousing one, will continue to keep them in our thoughts and hearts---lest we forget...

Peace, Light & Love,
EA

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

10 posted 2003-06-09 09:16 AM

They will never be forgotten.
Well written..indeed.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

11 posted 2003-06-09 03:42 PM

I can't believe I've been missing your work... I won't make that mistake again. *S*

Excellent, thought-provoking... touching. *S*

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

12 posted 2003-06-10 08:58 PM

AniKay83 ~ Thank you for taking time to read this and for your comments.

wranx ~ Well, sure, once an old freak, always an old freak; I can't help it. *grin* War is one of humans' timeless maladies.  Doesn't change if it is with rocks or is satellite tracked and live on CNN.  It is a horror which cyclically draws us.  Thank you for reading and for your insights.

garysgirl ~ They sleep in the gardens of stones.  Thank you for reading this and for your comments.

Earth Angel ~ We can think of other things, but that does mean they are forgotten.  Thank you for your time and for your insight.

Enchantress ~ Thank you for reading this and for taking time to comment.

suthern ~ Well, OK, but I will tell the poetry police to watch you in case you wander off. *laugh*  Thank you for reading my poem and for taking time to comment.

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