Afghanistan Poems

Imbeciles

Have you seen what's going on
in Afghanistan
and all that's gone wrong
caused by the Taliban
driving the country
into rack and ruin
with impunity
is what they're doing
it's what they've done
it would be good
to put them on the run
better yet eliminate
those Barbarians at the gate
yes it would be best
to dress each one
in a suicide vest
then blow their tiny minds
up the

Kabul

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

The Toll of War

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

How Their Eyes Danced With Darkness

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

Babes In Arms

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

All the Men We Used to Kill

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

Afghanistan Prophecies

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

Being Female In Afghanistan

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

Blown Up In Afghanistan

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

From Highland Park To Afghanistan

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

Pink Reflections of Bagram Afghanistan

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

War Dogs of Bagram Airfield Afghanistan

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

Dot To Dot

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?


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The Train of Freedom

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

A Girl Education In Afghanistan

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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