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contest Oasis, Oblivion, Odyssey Words

sponsor Constance La France

Odyssey

The Ancient Odyssey of clubs to bombs
from red ochre handprints on cave walls
   to the destroyer of worlds
is a long-traveled road with the wormy flesh of war
   and blood-soaked fields
where wailing tears of Mothers fall endlessly upon the Earth
as footprints vanish from battlegrounds over and over
   and barriers are built to hide behind
leaving silent confusion standing as sentinels
guarding the internal workings of the soul
that clamor in times of plenty
   and hide in times of hate
locked in the mortal human shell
pacing back and forth in prisons of their fears
   finding man has not changed
trapped by bridled thinking from the past
frightened by new worlds, new faces
   whose dreams become nightmares
trampled on by those who've become mummified flesh
dressed in cloth ranting in unison
believing in things that exist only in their minds
like ghostly shadowed imagined images 
as they travel through the portal of time
creating new battlefields, where flies and crows feast 
   on the dead
before their names are etched in stone
covered over a thousand times by new fields, new stones
   in a continuous thread
from red ochre hands to the destroyer of worlds
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Andresen Avatar
January 15, 2024 at 7:16 AM
- Congratulations on your win in the contest, Frederic :) - hugs
Alex Avatar
January 14, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Very intrigue writing. Great. Congratulations!
La France Avatar
January 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Frederic, beautiful poem and music, congratulations on your win in my contest, well done, Constance
One Avatar
January 3, 2024 at 11:38 AM
"The Ancient Odyssey of Clubs to Bombs" provides a thought-provoking exploration of humanity's journey through time, marked by the recurring themes of war, grief, internal struggles, and the cyclical nature of conflict... An excellent poem.
Andresen Avatar
January 3, 2024 at 11:14 AM
- No, man has not changed, Frederic - Man has not learned his lesson... evil and greed cost many innocent lives... only a fraction get their name on a tombstone - Heartbreaking truth in your powerful poem - Best wishes in the contest :) - Happy New Year :) - hugs
Empress Avatar
January 3, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Very fitting for what is going on around the world right now too, and i must say the way you’ve delivered this is so profound, with seamless alliterations, metaphors and descriptive diction that adds so much strength to your powerful write! This definitely is a fave for me! For the way you’ve written in such poetic eloquence. The line about wailing mothers tears made me feel so much! Heart wrenching truth! Love it
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