War poets are weary; they’re weary of war.
War poets aren’t war poets, not any more.
They’re cool connoisseurs of conflicts gone cold;
they’re battle-hard veterans who war cannot scald!
War poets aren’t burning with anger no more.
They’ve swapped no man’s land for sun by the shore.
War’s cruel, callous killing no more strikes a chord,
from playing at war games war poets are bored.
War poets, to war zones, no longer return.
For blood-spattered battles they no longer yearn.
Their pens, once outspoken, indignant and loud,
like guns, they’ve fell silent, as soldier in shroud.
War poets have wandered from flowerless fields,
where poisonous poppies the soil no more yields.
They’re sick of the shrieking and screaming of shells,
ground down by defeats like those damn Dardanelles!
War poets are weary; they’re weary of war,
once savage, they’re timid, in tooth and in claw.
But as poets of peace they’ll never be known
till the ogre of war has been overthrown.
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Author:
Blue-eyed Bolla (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: .”Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My Subject is War, and the Pity of War, The Poetry is in the Pity." Wilfred Owen
- Category: Sad
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Comments4
Great insight into the glorification and romanticizing of war through the hollow adoration of veterans. Respect for veterans should not lead to the nostalgia for perceived glory of past struggles and victories. One observation: poetry is a powerful tool for exploration of your stated subject. You've demonstrated that perfectly and effectively.
Many thanks, JA. Appreciate your insightful comments and feedback.
You capture the feelings of poets who with experience of war tried to define its poisonous aftermath for for those who were called to fight....... much food for thought ih this write my friend.
Thank you Fay.
Those war poets have seen the words that they write in reality.
Andy
I agree, Andy.
Brilliant!
Thanks LBM!
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