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Premium Member The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of free will and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity, all that is.. is over in the stormy, swarming space of mere moments.

turbulence rises
as sun and clouds intersect -...

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Categories: casualties, death, evil, family, fate,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member The Untold Casualties of War
Who knows who are the casualties of war? 
Are they the wounded, maimed, and all the dead?
Who counts the orphans, widows, those displaced?
The untold truth, a light on this can shed

I also am a casualty of war
My soul is wounded by the grief I see
The...

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Categories: casualties, angst, mental illness, political,
Form: Rhyme
The Casualties of War - Collab Contest
Walk with pride, with your head held high
Conflict and war is not your fault
Face turns away whilst tears you cry.

You can't understand this, who knows why,
When will all these emotions finally halt 
Walk with pride, with your head held high

You were called to fight to...

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Categories: casualties, conflict, confusion,
Form: Villanelle

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Casualties of Love
Casualties of Love
Check the victims report
Broken hearts, pain, ice cold
Check the newswire
Filled with heartbreak, desire
Walk away, never look back
That’s how it’s done, no emotion
Don’t forget to look in the mirror
It’s a reflection of your life...

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© Rick Berry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: casualties, lost love, love, passion,
Form: Free verse
Casualties of War
It began as love stories do,
A whirlwind romance.
Then courtship led the couple to
A tender wedding dance.

They thought it would last forever,
The love they felt back then,
But once the magic disappeared,
It would not come again.

This put the couple in a state
Of profound confusion,
The loss of such...

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Categories: casualties, death, family, husband, wifedaughter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Civilian Casualties of War
The war crimes in Ukraine 
             Is a monstrosity
          It's the devil at work 
        The piper...

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Categories: casualties, death, horror, war,
Form: Monchielle Stanza



Casualties of the Last World War
The vultures gather
For the great feast of the Lord.
Buzzards are circling......

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Categories: casualties, animals, death, faith, happiness,
Form: Haiku
Casualties of War
Casualties of war


Godlike?  No.  Human?  Maybe.
Yet living above the bones of dead babies.
Who fell to their deaths from the top of the world,
The forgotten, the miscarried, the unfortunate boys and girls.


Now the babies lie with bullets,
Sanctity no longer exists.
Once upon a time,...

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© Aa Harvey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: casualties, baby, death, war, world
Form:
Casualties of Now
At the dawn of this falling sky
	Mankind is all alone, so estranged in this abandoned hour,
Prevailed, sadly, the rule of chaos and anarchy
	The martyrdom of divine thus, sparked the unholy lust for power.

Gone are the ancient days 
And the ways of the noble and just,
Devil...

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Categories: casualties, spiritual,
Form: Ballad
Casualties of War
I tried to heal people but ended up leaving casualties
I'm only able to give people half of me
I'm just dealing with my apathy
I'm going to war with depression and it will end up in a casualty

I thought about running, but I decided to collide with...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: casualties, dark, deep, depression, loss,
Form: Free verse
Casualties
I am standing in peat.
The war drags on.

The dirt is raw,
squirting on to fingernails
turning them blue.
Who was running away
from hinges ?

The genital warts were
spreading. The cold facts will
wear casuistry. The train
derails. Only the earth
is hurt.

Dreams cannot close the
wounds. You want to go
where the jungle is....

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Categories: casualties, art,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Soldier

Soldier.

Called then, to duty,

I stood before my brothers,

urging them to war


T'were boys I led to battle

and I drift now among you

dead as well, save grim valor

and brutal resolution




March 22, 2019...

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Categories: casualties, courage, death, soldier, war,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Shell Shock
Duress and death and flies persist
but I can't rest, or I won't rise

While on I press, relays of mist
that graze beside me now and then,
make red my dead and distant eyes
but raise my listing head again

Unhinged, ashamed, yet still servile,
I aim and brave men atomize
to...

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Categories: casualties, death, hero, lost, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Choruses, Bridges and Breaks
The chorus blazes, 
chaperoning the gloomy pollution of mortal extinction. 
Bridges of anxiety rupture harmony, 
as havoc reigns from the skies of Ukraine. 
The breaks condition ruin, 
while these paintings exhibit the atrocities of battle, 
as the prey can only pray when the predators are...

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Categories: casualties, anger, angst, anti bullying,
Form: Ballad
In the Face of Danger
Today is May the 30th and it's Memorial Day.
Americans are paying tribute to those who fought and died for the USA.
116,516 American soldiers died during World War I.
They died while fighting the enemy with their guns.
405,399 American soldiers died during World War II.
When I say...

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Categories: casualties, america, death,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things