Romantic World War I Poems

Yorkshire, 1914
I patch mended her copper saucepan,
Edged an axe, two cleavers and a knife.
I did all the jobs that were required.
By this comely young farmer’s...

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Lies tempt souls to hate and fight peace
Lies corrupt and tensions increase
Lies strike at the heart
To rip lives apart
Tearing at sane minds, piece by piece...

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What softness in silence amidst the cacophony of a spin cycle world war.
Lying next to your glow in sleep's stillness, careful of your bandaged hand.
Watching...

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Sarah and John, awaiting their firstborn;
	a nurse and soldier, in each other's arms,
in war-time setting, were at times forlorn
	by their romantic joy fused with alarms.

This...

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anti-Nazi theme
Rick’s Café Américain-
play it again Sam ;)






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved. 
First published 2018 in Hollywood Haiku via wattpad.com...

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On arrival we kiss.
On departure we weep.
Lives so different merge.
Lives so similar diverge....

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Our bank accounts nearly emptied so we could afford a vacation; two young working girls who'd never been far from home. We were looking forward...

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I sit and read old letters of a true romantic love gone wrong,
  reading each letter hoping each exact word would try to speak-
...

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