Live, Love, Die, a New

In this field a man gave his life,
Not for glory nor country,
but for the safe of his wife.

Now flowers grow where his head lay last,
Doomed to then die when this season has past.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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August 14, 2014 at 10:29 PM
Anonandon, stopping by to read and enjoy your poem once again. :) Congratulations, on having your poem featured on the Poetry Soup's Home Page..... Always & Forever ~LINDA
Philibert Avatar
August 12, 2014 at 9:32 AM
Nice short poem, with a fine final couplet..
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August 1, 2014 at 1:40 PM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Anonandon:) - I choose your first very well written free verse - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
Mayfield Avatar
July 30, 2014 at 4:18 PM
Sad and lovely. I too just found this site, welcome. ~liza~
Eastman Avatar
July 30, 2014 at 11:04 AM
Sad but beautifully written and unique. Welcome to PoetrySoup. If you click on a face or name... It will take you to that persons poems. If you leave a comment... They will have a permanent link back to find your poems.
Aninandon Avatar
July 30, 2014 at 11:09 AM
Thanks Carol, only found site last night, still a lot of exploring to do.
A   Avatar
July 30, 2014 at 7:53 AM
You are welcome, Anonandon Aninandon :) hope to read another one from you soon...LINDA
A   Avatar
July 29, 2014 at 7:25 PM
Anonandon Aninandon, sad and epic, beauty to transform, for what he gave...,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
Aninandon Avatar
July 30, 2014 at 3:42 AM
Thanks Linda,
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