OF FOOD AND WARRING: A TANKA QUINTET

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OF FOOD AND WARRING

(A TANKA QUIENTET)

Juxtaposed bombs fall…

Food’s down, starvation rising…

Death…collateral…

Thus, war’s new reaping of death:

Food uprooted and destroyed:-

Food’s an enemy,

Seeking to eat, deadly:

Starvation killing:-

Thus, be war’s new strategy:

Piled skin covered skeletons:-

Ironically,

All this is merely Breaking News!

War’s politicking:

Pontificating power;

Not nourishing peace and love:-

May these foodful thoughts

Excite your hunger for peace

And its divine love:-

Not living in peace is bad.

Not seeking to is much worse:-

Let’s not be sorry,

Rather, in our awareness,

Let’s get rid of war:-

Where there’s no peace, wherever,

There can’t be peace anywhere:-

OF FOOD AND WARRING
(A TANKA QUIENTET)

Juxtaposed bombs fall…
Food’s down, starvation rising…
Death…collateral…
Thus, war’s new reaping of death:
Food uprooted and destroyed:-

Food’s an enemy,
Seeking to eat, deadly:
Starvation killing:-
Thus, be war’s new strategy:
Piled skin covered skeletons:-

Ironically, 
All this is merely Breaking News!
War’s politicking:
Pontificating power;
Not nourishing peace and love:-

May these fruitful thoughts 
Excite your hunger for peace
And its divine love:-
Not living in peace is bad. 
Not seeking to is much worse:-

Let’s not be sorry,
Rather, in our awareness,
Let’s get rid of war:-
Where there’s no peace, wherever,
There can’t be peace anywhere:-

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John Fleming

Date: 8/2/2025 5:30:00 PM

Very ably done, Millard. You sum the horrors of war up very well indeed. :) john

Millard Lowe
Date: 8/4/2025 4:23:00 PM

Thanks, John. I am so pleased that this poem resonated with you. I pray others will likewise capture this allegorical canvassing of the atrocities of war today. There is so much work still left to do to get people from stop taking wars for granted. Again, thanks for the motivating feedback to continue canvassing the horrors of war. ONE. Peace and Love.