Wedding War Poems

Olena Rudenko met Pavlo Lavinski whilst at Kyiv University 
Pavlo told all his friends that she's definitely the girl for me
They got on well then...

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"The Road Less Traveled"

Not all roads diverge in a wood,
Some lead to places misunderstood.
They wind and twist, never straight,
Leading us to a different fate.

While others...

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carry me home boys
for the war is over and 
I can't feel my legs

the mothers of war
gave their golden wedding band
and sometimes a son

on a...

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Chess

Let us play a game. 
We will act like there are two sides, 
and the scales are even. 
I have seen the metal weights, 
they...

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Bhai phayru vada network chalanda
Kushta folad khanda phayra panda
Jhatkay la la maar mukanda
Thandi laash bana sut janda
Panj dus palang toor chaday
Panj dus manjyan bhan dityan
Gavah...

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If this torch lays waste to summer, will my honor have been served?
Will the victory be final and the triumph be deserved?
If the flames blaze...

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Why I loved C.D.’s poem: Autumn Wedding Dream

To pay tribute to Carolyn Devonshire, I chose the following poem. Carolyn says so much in a few...

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Loose Magic

Pee-a-boo, I see you...
Got your nose, 
and not your toes. 
Skipping rocks, 
and bubbles in the park. 

Eye contact from across the room, 
notes...

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After the Sunday service, searching back to her
For a date. He will soon be walking back to her.

Bottle rockets popping over the Sacre Coeur.
She suddenly...

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“I prob’ly shouldn’t be telling you, Marge, but...knowing I can count on you to never tell another soul...get a load of this!
Just as I was...

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The Things Never Said
The terror…
The only things ever said about my daddy’s WWII service were that he’d been to New Guinea where he’d ridden on...

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My parents said their vows
        on Veterans Day

     Soldiers enlisting for marriage
  ...

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Remember when you wake up each morn
There are those who'll never see the dawn
The brave who gave their lives so that we
Could live out our...

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Somewhere in her white house 
There was a gray future spouse 
Looking for cheese 
Doing as he please 
Enchanting accent came from the mouth 
A...

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She
dreams of
a soldier
back from battle
having purchased peace with strength and valor
attending now to his long missed maiden
a wedding and
family
now to
plan



written 19 Aug 2020...

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