Ballad War Poems

RED SEA

At the mouth I lay splayed
blood trickling, slowly dripping into soft mud or red Akashic ink
        ...

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I’m scared of what I could manifest if I tried
These after thoughts are traits, too defiant to ignore
Am I reading the room, 
Or am I...

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These days want and need are 2 different steeds
You see the things you don't like about yourself
You stand your ground but the ground is now...

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In a land of battles fierce and grand,
I left my lover on our homeland,
With longing heart and hopeful sigh,
I marched away, my head held high.

But...

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Our brothers and sisters in arms,
Will never be forgotten,
Our unity will never waiver,
As we stand strong and resolute.

Our resolve is unbreakable,
Our will unyielding,
Our courage will...

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I tell a tale of younger days
When I was just a kid
I went to school in war time
As many others did

We would collect the shrapnel
From...

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Our world is but a pane of glass
    And I have seen the Grim Reaper
Lift a wearied hand with a stone --...

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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...

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Child, be still, and sleep,
pray that war may cease.
May arms be laid to rest,
lay your weary head.

Child, know you, are loved,
on earth, and heaven above.
May...

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There are sad tears
in that boy's eyes;
Putin has invaded
his motherland.

The speedy missiles hit their targets,
buildings and houses are razed to the ground,
terrifying screams from unseen...

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What will they learn
should I return?

All in the name of humankind, 
the country sends me off to war.
"Abandon those that you adore;
It's here in ink...

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It was a time of great and exalting excitement,
Until the country was again up in arms and agitation.
The war was on,
Indeed tough and elusive,
Era has...

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As they cry in the moonlight evening
heart and soul becomes ailing ,
wailing , it does , as it rains red ,
in bed they lie ....

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Bring down the curtain on this stage
to avoid shouts of dissent and rage:
favoritism is a terrible thought so appalling;
the worthiness of honor is to be...

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LETTER TO A SOLDIER
A Trilogy


I.  SONGS OF LOVE

Love walked with me
In the crisp fall air
In a shower of gold and red.
Love showed me the...

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