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Teen Poetry #7

World War I

OtherSideOfTheMirror
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since 2002-12-19

Posts 245

0 posted 2005-02-06 10:15 PM

So this may seem like the most boring topic ever... but it was an assignment for US History and I really wound up liking it.

World War I

A long time ago
in a land
that seems increasingly far
and yet forever too close
there was a war among men
a war to end
all wars...

In lines and in boats
And in trenches and fields
were the blood-thirsty
the blood-hungry
and most of all
the bleeding.

On the front lines
were the young
the adventurous
the innocent
and the brave.

On the home front
were the fearful
the lonely
the restless
the children of the warriors
the lovers of the young
the mothers-
the sisters-
the wives-
the daughters.

The hardships were worth it
the trench boils
the lost limbs
to parallel the former
the soldiers of our
father's father's father.
to protect the pride
to maintain the innocence
to prolong the peace
for the many
the great
who installed our independence
before us.

Letters home...
a bar of soap...
a post-card.
This is far from
a 3 and 1/2 star hotel
with a mint on the pillow
and a complementary shampoo.

Care packages and gruel
less than cuisine
fit for kings.
on the front of a war
fought despite the monarchies
of an earlier time.

The hurt of one nation
and the world jumps in
suffocating
so many men...
so many young,
so many old.
Drowning to save
fleeting thoughts and emotions
fears and anger
that poison the hearts
of the innocent.

This war to end all wars
Ends nothing
but life.

Smoothy
Member

since 2002-12-02

Posts 119
The dark side of the moon

1 posted 2005-02-06 10:44 PM

I really enjoyed this, because of the imagery. The vile circumstance that is war.

"In lines and in boats
And in trenches and fields
were the blood-thirsty
the blood-hungry
and most of all
the bleeding."

My favorite line through it all, other than the ending. Great job, hope you got an A.

Rebel of the sacred heart

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