War Quatern Poems

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Eyes closing as the day grows late,
you've waged your war on sleep and lost
And in my arms, your puppy weight
secures my love at any cost

Full...

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At five feet, five and a hundred and ten
The Marines said, “sorry, too small of a man.”
Yet he became greatest of World War men,
The Army’s...

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War does not determine who is right - only who is left. - Bertrand Russell

It’s a darkness so sad and grim,
Dreams destroyed by the bleakest...

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He has Midas touch in reverse
Lost is mercy, lost are morals
Everything he touches gets worse
Cruel wars and senseless quarrels

He thinks himself higher, greater
He has Midas...

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       We scowl at this great country we live in?
       Such ingrates...

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From Moscow to Kiev
It is not too far.
Putin wants to be
The new Russian Czar.

The Russian ballet
In Moscow's Bolshoi
Became a death dance
In Putin's war convoy.

Sanctions are...

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I shall enjoy the quiet of this Christmas Eve
Reminiscing about Christmases past,
Thinking about a lost love that will cleave
The heart, but memories do last and...

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Abandoned people of Afghanistan -
what can most people do? What can we say
since after all these years when war began.
Your liberty has now been yanked...

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She stood there, holding back her tears,
      He was going far, what to do?
She had to keep aside all fears,
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I question the concept of God
to a people that worship war.
There’s no food to feed the hungry,
but plenty of guns to kill them.

After seeing hate...

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A Daughter of Iran.

Her talent is a God's gift
She paints with her toes
Her paintings are peaceful
Fateme Hamami has no foes

Some of the world rulers
Peace cannot...

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An Ode to a People Who Are Suffering.

First came the war
Iranians had to fight
Eight years of suffering
Warlords hardly are right.

The war was over
Many souls were...

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Hidden Battle  

Explosives echoed in the silence of his room, 
Each one signalling his imminent doom, 
War had long ceased, yet it still lingered...

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How many galleons per mile
Were spread the grand Armada fleet,
Hoping strong England to defile
After a huge naval defeat?

Surging steady through stormy seas
How many galleons per...

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a flightless bird too sore to soar,
for i’m a raven wearing pain-
fear begins a tragical war,
whispers from sated stars remain

i kept secrets until you died,
...

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