when we can exist in truth, the battles should end

We have yet begun to fight and have countless bodies to prove it. TAhe allure of war is strange because it only brings suffering and pain.

Ron

When diplomacy rules we don’t need the tools of modern weapons and covert actions. Maybe one day we'll evolve to the next level.

Powerful write, good stuff, especially like the last three stanzas.

This is powerful in content and spirit. Thought provoking write.

Jude, I wrote my last war poem yesterday, and promptly deleted it without posting. Too emotional. Maybe a plea to reason such as yours will make a differance...

Profound and stirring.

strong and powerful!!!
and sad and unineviatable..............or is it?
very thought provoking

Strongly written on a powerful subject

some call them fields of glory . . .
these fields of shame and the gathering place
of eagles and other carrion birds

in anglo-saxon they are refered to as the place of slaughter

a powerful and percertive piece

john+

powerful write...

a stunning message written within the wars of time.

Unfortunately, I believe mankind is a warring beast, and the souls of our brothers and sisters will continue to fall, as they have, from the beginning of time, until mankind is no more.

Somehow never thought you'd write about war at all. I don't know why. But I like it. :)

Rich language. Hey, I think you've just described the average writing site. ;-)

Loved this, Robert. Very powerful.

I think we were in the most wars of the last 1500 yrs. Even under the guise of Crusade. And we are reaping what we sowed RE: The empire.



One should fright for defence, not go on the offence, until it is required. Yet I don't think I know of two democracies fighting each other...

The first lines make me think of battles such as Agincourt, and waterloo.

Nice one.. Poignant hard hitting last lines. Wars will only stop, when all men refuse to fight..

Thanks for sharing this global viion on the futility of war

and what the future might bring!!

Love Tinka

Well, yeah... having just written myself about "family ties", then I guess I would read this as being more about the spirit of war, rather than the act. War and peace begin at home, within four walls, over the garden fence; but, for me, the really sad thing is when the next generation gets mindlessly caught up in historical feuding which is just "how it is" - and actually nothing to do with them at all - not how they would want it, either. The cause of war, and the will to war must continually be justified and assessed... but once the war-wheels are in motion, it seems an unstoppable, grinding machine, gathering pace under its own weight... How we can seriously consider that we are thus providing a "better, safer world for our children" is totally beyond me - ASK THEM WHAT THEY THINK!! To many of them, I am sure, we are a generation that has totally lost the plot, blinded by our own selfishness and ignorance... 45 years of suddenly discovering a thing called "Teenage" and never growing out of it... (shut up, Kate!! ... OK!!)

i must add ... this poem is about every battle, in every country in our planet's history ... it is not localized in perception as some of the readers have interpreted ... utlimately, this poem is about the universal futility of war and the onslaught of many more to come ...

Excellent pen Robert, though the victory of battle be not to the swift, nor the mighty, but to those who patiently await.

Allen

Hi Robert. This is a very powerful piece and just from reading the previous reviews can see it's stirred up the currents of unrest a little more. Although I don't agree in war for wars sake I do bleieve sometimes it is necessary and as Bobbi said it is easy to take stances when we are safe and sound behind our keyboards. The sad fact is though that the old make the decisions for war and the young are the ones that will die defending those decisions and all we can do is be thankful that democracy in all it's freedoms lives on because of them,
Peace,
Felix

Hey Robert, It is a wearying thing to battle and battle constatnly. Before long, the warrior at home wearys all he surrounds, for it has happened ages before, Al

Well this makes for an interesting poem. Yes they will die and long after this war is over there will be another one. People refuse to get along. Yes I agree this one has many meanings. Viet Nam and others were not this present administrations wars. But the end result is the same. My brothers went into another era as did my uncles before them. My nephew went too.

We are very lucky to have men & women who care and fight for their country. Excellent write Robert.....

This is powerful... I read it once and came away with a different view of others. While it can describe the physical wars of today, I see the psychological wars of families. "I'm right, your wrong," never surrendering. Now that's an art, one poem... many meanings...

If They Can Ever Get UNLOADED Maybe Then I Doubt If They'll Fight_

EXP.War IRAQ-- How Many Just Accept It-Believe What El Presidente Bush Tells Lies--Dieing In Vain For Another Veitnam Should Have Never Been
Begun To Fight!

Excellent Eye Opener!

TRASK

A powerful heartfelt compassionate write, the last two lines are haunting. I agree with Bobbie and Sherry ...

etw

Many have been called to battle, many have made the supreme sacrifice so that others like you and me can sit at our computers and write the words of freedom without our hearts pounding because we expect a door to break in and an enemy to end our lives and silence our voices forever.

Powerful true poetry!
Fantastic piece~`*

Many have met the call and more will follow. Perhaps, one day, humankind will learn to live in harmony and the warriors will cease to have a call to respond to. It is sad, that the shame of war is the death of our children, spouses and parents. I wonder if evolution of spirit will come soon enough to save our world. I thank God for the warriors, though, for they do a job that I would not have the courage to do. Powerful write, Robert.
Take care,
Sherry