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Poet: |
Myrna Beth Lambert, USA
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Results:
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All Round 1 Poem Reviews are completed.
* 1 Star Finalist
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Categories:
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Dark Poems, Depressing Poems, Death Poems & War Poetry
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Poem: |
THE MADNESS OF WAR
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The Madness of War
Behold the dank and musty ruins,
the shattered glass and raw graffiti.
Emblazoned symbols of defiance
exposing the glorious land’s demise.
Vivid images tantalize the mind as
maddening sounds orbit the streets,
Red-eyed victims cry out in pain.
Voices scream, sirens blast.
Makeshift shanties offer no escape,
lacking insulation from destruction.
Man’s inhumanity toward man
re-creates the prehistoric beast.
No winners in this game of war.
The prize is utter devastation.
No beauty lies within the ruins,
only shallow lakes of salty tears.
Dying thoughts and pictures
gathered from another life,
colored by time, but not forgotten,
offer rays of hope for peace on earth.
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| From | Comment about poem or author | Response Country | Response Added | | Ovie Olori | Lovely poem and excellently written. | Nigeria | 7/7/2009 12:45:55 AM | | Bruce Sparks | War does have a grand design - pity is it costs lives - but then what of love - so it would seem the same.
Good stuff - keep writing - pour it out. | USA | 6/16/2008 6:26:17 PM | | S.L | Powerful poem. Excellently written.
War is maddness. | USA | 11/3/2007 6:36:45 PM |
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