Spring War Poems

All I want is world peace
In the west, in the east
In the north and the south
To close your mouth
When you're happy
To stop the misery
During the...

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Forgotten field of forever
I knew you once . . .
in daffodil days
when I wandered in wisteria ways.
Sprightly I skipped and rarely tripped.
Hope really did spring...

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   Relaxed, refreshed
     by a buoyant spring day

   Buds, blossoms, blooms give way
    ...

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Cowpoke
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 16

Sleep, old man...
your day has long since passed.
The endless plains,
cool midnight rains
and changeless ragged cows
alone remain
of what once was.

You...

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“Give them back! Give my tears back, right now—with interest!!”
—Natsuki Takaya


 She wrote her marine a letter, hopeful, bright
loved with her kisses and perfume. In...

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Spring Hope

Waiting for the first green shoots to join our world,

For the first signs of hope,
To arrive from winter's night,

For darkness to melt into the...

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Roses are blooming in the parched land
Waters spring up in the dessert sand
Surprise doors open, as new paths form
From loss to inheritance, a divine shift...

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There was poetry,
In the open fields,
On the slanted blueberries,
On the skirts of schoolgirls,

There was poetry,
In the sunny cupboards,
In the quiet gardens,
In the sweet air of...

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In a hellish nightmare pit, soldiers stand...
Along the Western Front's cruel, jagged land,
Where blood and tears paint the earth's sad lore,
They mourn their fallen with...

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Haiti, Haiti, Haiti, the Land of Martyrs
Haiti, Haiti, the Land of Great Slaves
Haiti, Haiti, the Land of Ancient Braves
For many, the betrayed Land that matters.

Haiti,...

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Since Adam’s fall the human race
has been stuck in a hostile space.
The evil forces wage a war,
God’s pure image they seek to tar.

This war is...

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Her great grandkids found it in the junk corner of the attic.  An old weather-beaten trunk, leather handles, a spring lock, an invitation to...

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Tension in the air, 
Weapons preparing to launch, 
Tempest in the chamber, 
Tranquil night but intermittent slumber. 

Each day is clouded by the unknown, 
Trouble...

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Crises upon crises
Mothers of all children are fainting
Crises upon crises
Misery upon misery
My friends, there's no peace here
Mothers are in crisis; we're all suffering
Too much chaos,...

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"It's time to go." 
Death's cold voice echoed through the cries of the crowd.
A kid of skin and bones in tattered clothes looked at death...

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