Linda Rutherford Poet Verse

Man's Pretense

White crosses
show a thousand loses
row upon row of wars destruction

each one a voice of reproach and accusation
felt in the tears of a families devastation
heard in each graves silence

a humankind offense
Man's pretense



For the contest "TROIS PAR HUIT A BRIDGE"
By Linda Rutherford
5/24/14

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Nette Onclaud May 31, 2014 at 1:19 PM very fresh intake in human nature's respect for honor,linda.. sweet congrats on your award in my challenge.. huggs

Dr.Ram Mehta May 31, 2014 at 5:23 AM Congrats on thge win with this perfect Trois Par Huit, linda

Poet Destroyer A May 29, 2014 at 6:42 PM LINDA, Congratulations, in Nette's "TROIS PAR HUIT A BRIDGE contest." always~ Linda

Barbara Gorelick May 28, 2014 at 2:18 PM I did like this very much...congrats. BG

Nette Onclaud May 28, 2014 at 11:39 AM hi, linda.. i think we meant CROSSES for line 1... please edit; seems like a typo error.. thanks and huggs