The essence of Battle (poem) by ChrisTopher Stone on AuthorsDen

Reviewed on August 24, 2015

War is a exceedingly ugly,
only if we could prevent it;
then there would be lots of
innocent lives be saved,
well done, Chris!
Thanks for sharing!

Reviewed by George Carroll

Reviewed on August 23, 2015

The men who fight the wars are not the ones who started it

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

Reviewed on August 23, 2015

Interesting wordplay here, almost graphic in its beginning, middle and end, taking us into extremes, then back to, what for this reader, is the obvious message: far too much of the war mindset is playing dodge-ball with futility...the sooner or later endgame where only history wins.

Reviewed by w. aher

Reviewed on August 18, 2015

Simple Truths of Men. It's why I never fought against the Vietnam Police Action in the 60 & 70's. What I did Fight Against was The Illegal Draft. This was a Civil Rights Consideration. I believed in fighting against the Excesses of our Flawed Society. Society is built to change. The nature of Men is a more difficult issue. This takes a lifetime to even effect. Which is my job as a Poet.

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on August 15, 2015

Sadly, war has been on this lovely planet forever. I keep praying for peace; why fight? What is the fuss all about? Religions? Yeah, that's a "biggie." Frankly, I am sick of it. Thank you, Christopher. Love and peace,

Regis

Reviewed by Alexander Goldstein

Reviewed on July 20, 2015

sounds deep-felt, tensely. there are no words able to depict a warring state, therefore, very daring attempt indeed. Cheers, alex

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Reviewed on June 12, 2015

. . . and on and on it goes . . . war! . . . destroys things . . . kills civilians . . . war! . . . no damn good.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on June 12, 2015

Often wonder why we honor it so.

Ron