Short Leo Tolstoy Poems

Destruction, devastation,
murders, mayhem, anarchy,
ravages and the ruins of wars...
Lost therein is peace.



~Part 2, Fully Booked contest by nette onclaud
~Title: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy / 06/23/16...

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Part 2 - Fully Booked

War and Peace


Praise the rights that all mankind
live together in sweet peace.
Damn the wrongs of bitter war... 
choices...live or die.


Sandra M. Haight

~4th Place~
Contest: Part 2 - Fully Booked
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Judged: 06/25/2016

War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
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And the revelers move in a parade
Belly dancers, clowns and people with masks
Ending with music, food and dance
This a preparation for the arrival of LENT
What kind of repentance is this ??
Parading your sins before the world ??
We have it in Goa and little clubs in Mumbai
I retreat into my silent zone. 
Leo Tolstoy your words to me are like gold....

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"Yeah, Tolstoy, 
the guy could write like he was carving his name 
into a mountain. 

A real heavyweight. 
He saw the whole circus of life and didn’t blink. 

Kings and peasants, love and death, all rolled into one. 
Maybe too serious for his own good, 
but that’s what made him real. 

The man had guts, 
a vision too big for most people to stomach. 
When you ou read him, you felt it deep."...

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