Notes About The Poem

Refuge

The dilapidated, gutted apartment buildings loom like grotesque gravestones, jutting out of the desolate city landscape. Chaos rains from the heavens, disturbing the dead and terrifying the people taking refuge in bombed-out basements and shelters dug into refuse piles. Many have fled their homes, forced to abandon their city and their country, seeking refuge in foreign lands. War is hell; there is no politically correct way to describe or justify the atrocities it inflicts upon civilians or the complete devastation it brings. Humanity has an ugly side, a deep-rooted predilection for war; it's in our nature. We can try to hide or run away, but there is no safe place where war cannot find us, for it follows us wherever we go.

the shadow of war
overwhelms the light of hope...
blind eyes shed a tear

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Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 4/7/2023 12:27:00 PM

- Congratulations on your first place in the contest - Scary shadows without hope, Emile - Excellent writing - hugs

Emile Pinet
Date: 4/7/2023 3:25:00 PM

Thanks, Sunshine, as always, I welcome and appreciate your comments, my friend, Emile.

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 4/7/2023 7:49:00 AM

Wow Emile. This is a fabulous haibun and so aptly stated my friend. Congratulations on your win! :)

Emile Pinet
Date: 4/7/2023 9:29:00 AM

Thanks, Linda, I appreciate your comments, my friend, Emile.

Constance La France

Date: 4/6/2023 8:16:00 PM

Emile, outstanding writing and thank you for sharing your poem in my Writing Challenge congratulations !

Emile Pinet
Date: 4/7/2023 6:29:00 AM

Thanks, Constance, I appreciate the placement and your comments, my friend, Emile.

Deb M

Date: 4/5/2023 8:31:00 AM

Powerful write Emile…humanity does have an ugly side unfortunately creating war , death and destruction being a big one!! Debx

Emile Pinet
Date: 4/7/2023 6:30:00 AM

Thanks, Deb, I appreciate your comments, my friend, Emile.

Ann Peck

Date: 4/4/2023 11:47:00 AM

The world has become a sad place; war is only about humans killing other humans and greed: senseless. Your haibun tells the sad tale beautifully, though.

Emile Pinet
Date: 4/4/2023 2:16:00 PM

Thanks, Ann, I echo your sentiments "The world has become a sad place"...and appreciate your comments, my friend, Emile.