US Soldiers near Afghanistan-Pakistan border
we chose the far field
the dun sands of scorpions
we scattered their venom
to stealth scarps of asylum
now they watch our retreat
(originally posted January 2014)
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I trust a copy is being forwarded to Bush/Blair? Having said that you’ve pretty much covered the history of any and all invaders of Afghanistan with this gem.
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something tells me they’re not readers of poetry
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Bloody shame though – you don’t get many poets instigating warfare methinks.
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Wow! Totally deep. I don’t understand how you can keep taking from your reservoir of poetic skill and come up with such quality each time. I never tire from reading your blog. May you live forever.
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oh my, you flatter me beyond words
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perfectly expressed
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thank you, kindly
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Yes, but look at the great moral victory we have won . . .
The cost of war is always born by the poor who survive, not those who profit from mayhem in the name of justice . . .
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if there was ever a moral victory, it’s been squandered
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If we could not vicariously from the Soviet’s futile attempts to tame those highlands, why would we expect a different result? We did not even consider that the Silk Road passed through these regions centuries ago. Our Wall Street quarterly report mentality has not patience or long term perspective. Do we even forget Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “Every exit is an entrance somewhere else?” Or, was that Stoppard in Rosencrance and Gildernstern Are Dead?
Oscar
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that would be Stoppard – and yes, we always forget
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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how much blood those grains of sand have seen… yes, unfortunately, the members of Congress do not really care about humanity…and, I do suppose, you must be correct, that they are not readers of poetry–shame! damn shame!
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and that’s not the only reason that they are a damn shame
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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Sure sounds like the desert to me!! Very good!
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thanks kindly
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