Aniruddha Pathak Poet Limerick

Dark goes the death cloud

Let no war death that wears a shroud,
And memorialized, do us proud. 
Loud salutes distract us,
Nor pomp make undue fuss,
In vain are young heads rolled
For the ambitious old,
Silver streaks, stripes or not, dark goes death cloud.
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Happenings |16.12.2024|war, death, youth, old

Poet’s note: Wars are raging on many fronts in the world today. The ambitious old and the powerful plot these fights and young men pay the price with death. We must remember this before we commemorate fallen soldiers who are felicitated with medals in the spirit of Memento Mori in a matter-of-fact manner.

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Sara Kendrick December 9, 2024 at 5:13 AM It is sad that we are involved on so many fronts in supporting war/s or uprisings. So many people are being lost to these wars so much money being spent to blow things up and kill people. Good work about the times in which we are living. Sara K