A Turkish Mother To the Kaiser -Ww1

How many sons 
  have we lost

How many demons
  have we found

How many graves
  must we dig

To make the ‘Fatherland’
  proud

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Wolf Avatar
May 12, 2019 at 1:17 PM
Haunting poem for Mother's Day! ~ gw
Behm Avatar
May 12, 2019 at 4:42 PM
The tragedy so many Mothers face. Thanks Gershon. Kurt
Gauthier Avatar
May 12, 2019 at 10:24 AM
Powerful. Very touching, Kurt.
Behm Avatar
May 12, 2019 at 12:07 PM
Thanks
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