Fighting for Peace?

Goldfinch60

We hear them so often

Those words to try and stop wars,

To fight for peace.

The Hippies had it right,

Make Love Not War,

Or Lennon when he said

Give peace a chance,

As fighting for peace

Is like fucking for chastity!

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 22nd, 2017 01:17
  • Comment from author about the poem: I apologise for the language in the final line but this was from graffiti that I saw back in the late sixties/early seventies of the last century.
  • Category: Sociopolitical
  • Views: 38
  • Users favorite of this poem: Michael Edwards
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  • Michael Edwards

    I'm not a lover of using bad language gratuitously but it's not used that way at all in this - in fact it makes the poem all the more poignant and no need to apologise at all - in fact it's going into my favourites. Good one Goldfinch.

    • Goldfinch60

      Thank you Michael, I do not use bad language normally but in this case it seemed to be relevant.

    • orchidee

      Yes, it seems strange, fighting for peace. There's one who said somewhere: 'I'm a man of peace; and if you don't agree with me I'll thump you one!'

    • WriteBeLight

      Wow Goldfinch! Pretty different 🙂

    • Goldfinch60

      Yes it is but i will be less fierce tomorrow, thank you for reading it.

    • willyweed

      I have to agree with Outback, war will end when man refuses to fight and kill each other war is hell I know!
      peace and love is the answer, great statement you have made here GF I salute you! ww

      • Goldfinch60

        Thanks WW, it has been going on all my life and they just never seem to learn.

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        Thanks ANDY ~ "All I am saying is Give Peace a Chance" I agree with Jeremy ~ scrap Trident and use the money for education and the NHS ~ OK. Trump & Theresa are both HAWKS when it comes to defense (or should the be attack ?). Putin et al don't really want a war so why waste billions preparing for it ~ Brother BRIAN Please check my PYRAMID ~ Ta B.

      • Goldfinch60

        Trident will do us no good whatsoever, as you say the money should be spent on the NHS and education.
        I have already seen and commented on your pyramid.

      • orchidee

        It was in Ian Paisley's days I think. Let's not get started on that! doh!

        • Goldfinch60

          It was before that in he 60s/70s.



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