Afghanistan Poems - Poems about Afghanistan

All decisions are made at a desk in another country. They pass through ‘in’ and ‘out’ trays, collecting signatures along the way. Then, one day, they become a concrete wall, where once a few tired weeds grew. Afghanistan, 2017 First published in Blue Minaret...

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I only hear your children weep, I only have their dreams. I do not pray my soul to keep, For mine has split its seams. I only see what your eyes see, Your blood upon my hilt, For though you were my enemy, Your death brings me great guilt. I laugh with rapture, unawake, An eerie sort of sign. The lives in war I...

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We had a desert mission Just north of us in Zarghun Shahr But little did we know that day We wouldn’t get that far. We did not doubt the intel That led us up the road of dust; an IED exploded, in up armor we trust. To check if there were wounded, The hatch went down and out we went. The medics tended to...

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Two friends would speak one summer night, Trapped then in gossip’s throes; But just one turned toward the light, Or so the story goes. The first would breathe the summer air But on his friend’s face see His friend did not the same way care; It was not meant to be. They were not men, but babes, in arms And so with...

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Sometimes I think about the past, The life we knew would never last, And all the men we used to kill, And that great void they used to fill, And that great spell we used to cast. Under the sun and in the heat, Our enemies dead at our feet, I thought I’d die there in the sand, And for the future...

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Tick tick tick tick boom in an instant macerated flesh would be the last images of me I never wondered just what damages would occur from a car bomb being ignited right in my face my limbs were so cold as I lay there the smell of citrus surrounded me my skin began to sting...

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Imagine being female In a Taliban regime, Where equal rights do not exist, Except when women dream. Shariah law has taken hold, With floggings taking place For girls or women who have dared To show the world their face. Schools and universities Say females can’t attend And there’s no indication that These rules will ever end. In life, our path’s determined Partly by the place we’re...

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There are some things I just don't get And never understand Six more dead from Yorkshire's moors Blown up in Afghanistan. The war on terror can't be won How can we be so blind Can't we see that we can't win Without changing hearts and minds ?. Whatever belief you declare How are these your pranks You blow up boys in uniform Then you give God...

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Glimpse the state of a nation ~ at its Independence Day Parades...

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Between Iraq OEF and Afghanistan ISAF I did about 120 months OCONUS.. A peculiarity about Bagram Airfield which housed about 40,000 people, mostly US enlisted soldiers from all 5 groups and the off shoots.. Well, obviously there were a bunch of horny kids with high testosterone on both sides of the fence and sleazy third country...

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Bagram airfield the Ugandans handled the bomb dogs.. heading back to my CHU after a mission i would see them for their morning walks.. one dog famously wore motorcycle goggles, story is he took a blast of rocks in the face and survived but was partially blinded.. apparently his sniffer still worked and he could...

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Dot To Dot Join the dots all in a line Where do they all lead? Afghanistan Land of failed empires Defeated armies Opium production Terrorism central Forget Lebanon Afghan is number one Ever since the 70s The Soviets started it All the rest added to it You know the nations Shall we bet who’s next? from LIZARD SNAIL 124K Nick Armbrister and other writers...

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Just how far is the train of freedom from the discriminated son? Just how far is the train of freedom from the black homeless child? Just how far is the train of freedom from the disabled poet? And just how far are the winds of change from a corrupted nation!? Just how far is the train of freedom from...

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Huuuwiii !! Huuuwiii cry for Education, Grils and women in bad condition, Anger and emotion, In the suburbs and cities of various direction, International community handle this situation, It has become a problem for the old Guard, To let women and girls to become girl- guide, Girls education is wide, But the old guard eliminate girls to spread, International community figh very hard, Since...

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Afghanistan Haiku by: Tom 9-10-21 Leave no one behind; an unwritten rule of war not lately followed. ...

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