Daniel Cheeseman Poet I do not know?

A Yard of Grass Now Forgotten

Stout wheels carried the weight
Of those bodies sapped of hate
Across that lifeless blooded field
Bandaged eyes in lines did wield

Upon the wind by night and day
Horrific words came to play
Piercing screams of Gas! Gas! Gas!
Amidst the choking the souls amass

Lungs would choke and eyes stream
From pungent clouds of killing green
Foaming mouths, wrenching spittle
The suffering immense, the pity little 

How much lower can man sink
Of how much evil must he drink
To perloin the soul of another man
For a yard of grass now forgotten

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Vince Suzadail Jr. January 11, 2011 at 9:30 AM For what! Excellent write. I see my brother struggle to walk and sometimes it pisses me off. We need to defend our nations if attacked but we don't need to go on an oil hunt, or protect the corporate structure's billlions. God Bless. Vince

Audrey Haick January 29, 2010 at 6:23 PM Awesome! And all "For a yard of grass now forgotten". It amazes me how throughout the centuries man still will not get it. Only love, pure love can bring about peace and joy and immense wealth for all. But this is just my dream... Another great write, Daniel. Goes to my favs.! Peace and love, Audrey

Virginia Mitchell January 29, 2010 at 7:32 AM Oh! This gives me chills! Heartwrenching; "To perloin the soul of another man/ For a yard of grass now forgotten" Well done poem.

Doris Culverhouse January 29, 2010 at 6:47 AM It is amazing isn't it the ideas of war.