Anti War Poems

Are wars as natural as forest fires?

The world is a restless war between India
and Pakistan's armies are ready and eager to fight
as usual, the people...

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And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War

Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of...

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Tuesday comes and you may not know what to think 
When Tuesday comes, you may not know what to think
Something might occur to push you...

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Before the guns and bombs were made
the clubs and fists were swung
names for numbers now we trade
the senseless turned all numb

crumbled blocks broken down
create, destroy,...

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No mess is fantastic
Lack of respect leads to war
War is horrific, evil and poor
Racism is not chic
Modern slavery is painful
Hate is awful, hurtful and plentiful
There...

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Throughout world history many rulers and nations, have used beheading for
it's victims:King Herod, used beheading to execute John the Baptist, Nero
Caesar be-headed, the Apostle Paul...

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Q:  Do some Biblical scholars also believe: World War 111 could begin in Israel
      before or during the 2025's...

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An excerpt from my new short story:

After Adolf received Alois' final inheritance in 1913, he moved to Munich, Germany. During his Vienna years living in...

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In the realm of deceit, some souls reside,
Gullible hearts, fertile grounds for evil to abide.
As they sit, concocting chaos, their minds astray,
Weaving webs of wickedness,...

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“Was gesagt werden muss” (“What must be said”)
by Gunter Grass
translation by Michael R. Burch

Why have I remained silent, so long,
failing to mention something openly practiced
in...

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There are colors that please the eyes:
Rainbows, sunsets, and a sunrise
On psychedelic, I can't gaze
Without recalling careless days.

Ponytails, psychedelic shirts
Flower girls in long, faded skirts
Hippies...

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MEMORIES OF WAR 


In prison we turmoiled 
packed up cards to fall 
whilst they sucked 
genitals like bonbons 
a quartz on a table
gleamed its knowing

War...

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There he is...
        On his biz
Unbothered and untethered 

After many pernicious pulls and tainty tugs
And so many ghastly...

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Dark and vile truths are known to hide
in secret places that don't confide
their nature to the light of day. 
Bodies to skeletons decay
in a closet...

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Welcome to savage kingdom
Very bountiful but deadly
The kingdom where only the
Fittest survive and thrive
Striving seriously for a living
The weak and fearful are preys
Societal programming the...

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