(Inspired by Fortunate Son)
Some folks wave the flag on high,
And shout the reason soldiers die.
They speak of duty, proud and loud,
From marble halls above the crowd.
Some folks dine where power stays,
And praise the war on cable days.
They toast the troops with polished tone,
While none they love will ever go.
They call for courage from the land,
They talk of glory close at hand.
But when the papers list the names,
Their families never join the flames.
I hear the drums across the sand,
Another convoy leaves the land.
Another mother waits alone,
Beside a silent telephone.
The wealthy heirs sleep safe at night,
Their wars are fought on screens of light.
Their boots stay clean, their hands stay dry,
While poorer sons must march and die.
So when they ask who answers call,
Who walks the desert, dust and all,
Look past the mansions standing tall,
You will not find their sons at all.
By Rick McGrath, Ph.D.
March 2026~
I feel to say,
I feel to say loud ,
loudly today
But If I say the truth
Many people won't see this injustice.
Why mass killings of innocent people?
I feel to say,
I feel to say loud ,
loudly today
But If I say the truth
many sentimentalits won't see atrocities
Why mass killings of innocent folks?
Oh! Palestinians die,
Dying like animals
Because of standing for their rights.
As a true christian I can never support evil actions.
Everyone claim to pray God of peace
Yoh! Peace ...
while killing innocent children
man and women.
...I see genocide, massacre
Where is general secretary of UN?
Everyone claim to pray God of Love
Yoh! Love...
while killing innocent children
man and women.
... I see genocide , massacre
Where is general secretary of UN?
October 13/2023
What is making him feel
to be the enemy of everyone?
He plays war games
in the world and mean
protecting his people.
He put military bases
all over the World.
Everyone sees him
as their big enemy,
As he forgets that is
putting his folks
in a big danger.
Others think to put military
Bases close to him
in the oceans.
Why does not he pull back
All his soldiers and cooperate
With others to avoid chaos in the World?
Some people can think the war is funny
When they watch actions movies
Produced by
Hollywood
Bollywood
And nollywood.
The war is not something to wish.
Millions of Servants of Christ Jesus
Continue being on their knees
praying for peace
in the World,
They will be Victorious
In the future.
July 5th/2023
One day the war must be stopped,
and all the unfortunate will survive.
But those who gone forever,
how will they revive?
How will the children get back their parents who are died in the war,
how will they get back their old smile?
Trust me, in war, nobody wins,
humanity cries aside and hatred smiles with the constant grins.
No dulcet it was
cries of peace amidst gunfire
shells and smoke lingered.
Silent, dawn crept low and solemn
Over the Virginia valley
The misty orange haze of a pale sunrise
Cloaking the farmer's field
Blue and Gray, mixed with red
Life fleeing with each labored breath,
Stillness broken only by
The rattle of death's leave
Mother Earth sorrowfully accepts
The pain, the regret, the wastefulness.
Generations lost forever,
Over the cornfields of Antietam.
Turn tyrant tradition topsy turvy
and rid the tooth ridden with scurvy
Muffle mrtre with monosyllabics
Trim words ,morgage meaning,
Call Shakescene full-fledged Freud,
Pope, refined rhymster,
yeats,a man of metaphysical mist,
Weird contrition has no place in poetry
It's rootless tree quite carefree all agree
Forgive if you find these words riddled
Lines limping for I want poetry to drag and
Screech like lame Iraqi tank
Post-war poetry just cant' afford to be brisk and smart
SoI make it hop like Hopkins
And retard its pace with heavy Hawthorniandction,
Thus inserting into vapid verse
Fine element of fatigue and fiction
and lament the loss:
Alas!they clip wings ofwhite dove,
murder myth of love,
Let's remove upper lip and lover teeth ridge
surgically so that
none can order :"fire! fight! finish! "
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