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Flushed Shades On Canvas

Blue bells rang at the fields of Flanders and beyond

Orange agency denuded humanity down to the core

Purple Hearts were pinned to hearts full of murder

White phlegm oozed unnerved devilish contagion

Green bile slowly trickled away from soul’s conscience

Yellow sun vanished in a cowardly mushroom cloud

One day after the bomb a Gingko tree blossomed

At the black epicentre of fury’s mission accomplished

The pallet of destruction shadows all pigments of peace

As red poppies continue to seed on bone meal and skulls 


18th January 2020

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 1/20/2020 7:55:00 AM
Your poetry is colourful, beautiful and multidimensional... unlike some ...
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Date: 1/18/2020 6:36:00 PM
A tough memory for many, I think.
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 1/19/2020 3:06:00 AM
Tough as a bullet. Best wishes, Kai
Date: 1/18/2020 4:48:00 PM
Powerful, to say the least, Kai! Also reminds me ... after Californian wildfires orange and red poppies bloom! Regards // paul
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 1/19/2020 3:06:00 AM
Thank you. I knew about the Redwood trees needing some fire, but not about the California poppies. I just bought some seeds of those. Kind wishes, Kai
Date: 1/18/2020 2:36:00 PM
Congratulations on your top win!;)
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Date: 1/18/2020 5:28:00 AM
Even after destruction of war and death life will come about
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 1/18/2020 7:46:00 AM
Probably nature is stronger than mankind ...
Date: 1/18/2020 4:38:00 AM
A colorful poem that made me smile, and brought nature into my mind in the loveliest of ways, Kai.
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 1/18/2020 4:53:00 AM
Thank you Caren. The world is a crazy place. Kind wishes, Kai

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