War Nowhere Poems

NOWHERE TO GO
By: Sikolwethu Mthethwa 


Where do the sinners go
Where do the ones without a shred of hope left go
Where do the slighted go
Where do...

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It is coming
Sooner than we think.
What will we do then?

Violence
Tearing us apart.
Only a matter of when.

Cannot imagine
What it will look like.
Who can ever know?

The past
Always...

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"Nowhere to Run"
By Linda Hays-Gibbs
They run to us for help
They are out of their depth
Lost jobs, lost homes, lost safety and no food to eat
Nowhere...

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Rebel Soldier Going To Their Post Of Nowhere

The sling gun, 
On the shoulder, 
So thin, 
So frail, 
Green tee shirt, 
Hug the lean body, 
Under...

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Alone, forgotten in this far away land 
Lies a soldier, a son and a very weary man 
Some think he’s dead, others could care less...

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War zones often do not have maps
Nor pretty tourist guides or tours
The weatherman tells of raining bombs
And Smoke filled skies
-
Today is the day, many shall...

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I will cross the twilight zone
to meet you in zero space
negating the fear.

The mauled city
strikes the dumb sky
in unilateral war.

Coming from a bleeding torso
a scream...

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caved in- the body stuck, enslaved in
civil war. the muck of convenience
insults the cure, tears through thick
leaving exit wounds sore. how much
more- test this- before...

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