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An Unholy War

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You send your drones to spy and bomb . Your soldiers shoot us one by one . Yet it is our land that you stand on . You deny us supplies of life saving drugs. you send your soldiers, well government thugs. and secret agents with listening bugs. You build a wall around your towns . and occupy our ancestral grounds. while all the time, the war drum sounds. I find this so hard to understand when this plainly is not your land And no, god does not give out free land Yet your history is strewn with strife of millions killed so cruelly stripped of life. please respect others way of life. If you don't you will only reap the tears of your children as they weep as your nation falls into an unethical deep sleep you need to feed the dove of peace and make the senseless killing cease Inspired by seekers blog poetry as a weapon , Poetry can carry a message good or bad and cause debate Its what the reader takes from it . The subject was picked because I read the below piece . A famous Palestinian poet as just had his work translated into English https://electronicintifada.net/content/robust-world-great-druze-poet/19056

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Date: 1/19/2017 7:32:00 PM
accept my humble salute for your voice against the offensive war. It's realistically presented in the poem from an insider's perspective.
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Stephen Pennell
Date: 1/20/2017 1:52:00 AM
thank you : wanted to pen a poem with something to say to highlight an injustice and a plea
Date: 1/15/2017 1:21:00 PM
Powerfully penned Stephen wise words indeed:-):-) I wish I wasn't the first one to comment on this is should be very widely read on soup:-( hugs Jan xx
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Stephen Pennell
Date: 1/16/2017 2:48:00 AM
Cheers jan, wanted it to carry a message a poem with something to say stephen

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