Boy in uniform,
Goes off to war, kills many
-comes back shell of man.
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Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Conservatism, R.I.P.
Death Of Modern Conservatism
By Edward S. Gault
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By Edward S. Gault
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TOTAL
WAR F WAR
DEAD R DEAD
OCRYGR E ED CRYO
SPEND E SPEND
SPEND D SPEND
SPEND O SPEND
SPEND O SPEND
SPEND M SPEND
PATR IOTIC
BORNAGAIN
PATR IOTIC
BORNAGAIN
RADICAL
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DIT TO
HEADS
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TOXIC
FALSE
GOD
TOXIC
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GOD
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Apocalypse Now?
"Infidels must die!"
Said the high priest, hand raised
-holding a test tube.
Copyright 2008
(News Item: Gov. Panel warns of a probable nuclear/biological attack by 2013)
Said the high priest, hand raised
-holding a test tube.
Copyright 2008
(News Item: Gov. Panel warns of a probable nuclear/biological attack by 2013)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
In Honor Of Veterans
They fought in our wars,
For country and liberty
-now, Kingdom of Peace.
Copyright 2008
For country and liberty
-now, Kingdom of Peace.
Copyright 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Be it Resolved To Write Poetry
Being Dyslexic
He was teased by other kids,
Always called "retard."
Burning inside, he showed them!
-worked hard, achieved Honor Roll.
Walking through Auschwitz,
G.I.s said Never again!
-yet, many times since.
They marched with banners,
Yelling their protest slogan of peace
-"Hell No!-we won't go."
Puritan Forefathers
Vowed to build City on Hill
-hanged those thought witches.
He so loved the world,
To save it, endured the cross
-men gambled below.
Escaping famine,
They passed through Ellis Island
-to build better life.
Jack had foolproof plan,
To be a very rich man!
-sell Tofu coffee.
My wife told me once,
Eat only three plates per meal!
-New Year's resolution.
Copyright 2008
For One Single Impression :Resolve
He was teased by other kids,
Always called "retard."
Burning inside, he showed them!
-worked hard, achieved Honor Roll.
Walking through Auschwitz,
G.I.s said Never again!
-yet, many times since.
They marched with banners,
Yelling their protest slogan of peace
-"Hell No!-we won't go."
Puritan Forefathers
Vowed to build City on Hill
-hanged those thought witches.
He so loved the world,
To save it, endured the cross
-men gambled below.
Escaping famine,
They passed through Ellis Island
-to build better life.
Jack had foolproof plan,
To be a very rich man!
-sell Tofu coffee.
My wife told me once,
Eat only three plates per meal!
-New Year's resolution.
Copyright 2008
For One Single Impression :Resolve
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Home Sweet Home
After Grandpa died,
Mom told us he was back home
-thanksgiving dinner
In steerage for weeks,
They came on deck to see home
-lady liberty.
Summer camp over,
There was a long bus ride back
-home seemed to be new.
At meeting Boss says:
"I'm giving myself a raise!
-you can all go home."
Coming home again,
I felt like a stranger there
-after the war, distance.
I walked through the ward,
knowing this was home to them
-children's hospital.
When young, home was huge!
I went away to college
-then I found it small.
Victory touchdown!
After losing all season
-happy homecoming.
Copyright 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
NaPoWriMo Poem #14
What If
By Edward S. Gault
What if there comes a time
when there is no war.
Even the youngest victim of war today,
will be a senior citizen with only the faintest memory
Of what was like.
If they remember at all.
There will be museums with the old guns and tanks.
People will pass by,
asking why?
What if there comes a time
When there is no poverty.
Everyone living will have a place to call home,
A place to sleep
And something to eat.
There will be pictures of homeless people in museums,
exhibits will display their 7-11 cups
And the thin gray blankets issued to them out of charity
By church and civic groups driving by
Never asking why?
What if there comes a time
When people are seen for who they are.
No one will remember when people
Lived in separate neighborhoods
Because they were black or white
Rich or poor.
When better jobs were given to men.
Words like nigger and bitch will have to be looked up.
Hoary old scholars will debate their meaning;
Because people in that time will not understand
These terms in the same way that we do.
People would see the old WHITES ONLY signs and Klan robes
On display in museums and not understand.
Passing by.
Asking why?
What if there comes a time when every child is included?
There will be no labels in the school.
No names on the playground,
-every child would be accepted there.
Homes would be places
Where they would feel wanted and safe.
They might hear accounts from their great grandparents
Of the beatings and neglect, but these would be
dismissed simply as myths,
Told by very old people.
Visitors to museums will be able to view the old video clips
Of preachers and politicans talk about Family Values.
In exhibit cases there be the tattered old green shirts of the Promise Keepers,
Photos of the Million Man March.
They would not understand the issues.
They would wonder, then pass by.
Asking why?
What if there was a time
When AIDS and Cancer were things of the past?
There would still be colds and fevers,
But people would be able to get the care they needed.
Cost would not be an issue.
Surgery might still need to be done in some cases.
And when it was necessary, small children would have a teddy bear
In their room to hug,
When times were scary.
But there wouldn't be many scary times.
Senior Citizens might talk of the old plagues,
Most would simply ask "Did it really happen"?
They would see the old quilts and ribbons in exhibit cases.
Pass by.
wonder why?
What if there came a time
When the wounds of the earh would heal?
What used to be parking lots and strip malls
Are not remembered.
In there place are parks and lush botanical gardens.
Archaeologists will excavate the ancient mounds
And meticulously sort through what used to be Levitt Town.
It will be slim pickings-so scholars will publish papers
Speculating on what might have been
The scope and magnitude of the waste.
A ranger will lead her tour up to the mesa.
She will point to the remains of the skyscrapers
reaching out of the water like someone drowning.
She explains that there are not many of these old structures remaining.
That the ruins could be found all over the world.
They are the wonders of the ancient world.
She will discount the U.F.O. theories.
"There was land here at one time" she tells them" but we don't know when".
What if there comes a time.
What if.
Copyright 2008
By Edward S. Gault
What if there comes a time
when there is no war.
Even the youngest victim of war today,
will be a senior citizen with only the faintest memory
Of what was like.
If they remember at all.
There will be museums with the old guns and tanks.
People will pass by,
asking why?
What if there comes a time
When there is no poverty.
Everyone living will have a place to call home,
A place to sleep
And something to eat.
There will be pictures of homeless people in museums,
exhibits will display their 7-11 cups
And the thin gray blankets issued to them out of charity
By church and civic groups driving by
Never asking why?
What if there comes a time
When people are seen for who they are.
No one will remember when people
Lived in separate neighborhoods
Because they were black or white
Rich or poor.
When better jobs were given to men.
Words like nigger and bitch will have to be looked up.
Hoary old scholars will debate their meaning;
Because people in that time will not understand
These terms in the same way that we do.
People would see the old WHITES ONLY signs and Klan robes
On display in museums and not understand.
Passing by.
Asking why?
What if there comes a time when every child is included?
There will be no labels in the school.
No names on the playground,
-every child would be accepted there.
Homes would be places
Where they would feel wanted and safe.
They might hear accounts from their great grandparents
Of the beatings and neglect, but these would be
dismissed simply as myths,
Told by very old people.
Visitors to museums will be able to view the old video clips
Of preachers and politicans talk about Family Values.
In exhibit cases there be the tattered old green shirts of the Promise Keepers,
Photos of the Million Man March.
They would not understand the issues.
They would wonder, then pass by.
Asking why?
What if there was a time
When AIDS and Cancer were things of the past?
There would still be colds and fevers,
But people would be able to get the care they needed.
Cost would not be an issue.
Surgery might still need to be done in some cases.
And when it was necessary, small children would have a teddy bear
In their room to hug,
When times were scary.
But there wouldn't be many scary times.
Senior Citizens might talk of the old plagues,
Most would simply ask "Did it really happen"?
They would see the old quilts and ribbons in exhibit cases.
Pass by.
wonder why?
What if there came a time
When the wounds of the earh would heal?
What used to be parking lots and strip malls
Are not remembered.
In there place are parks and lush botanical gardens.
Archaeologists will excavate the ancient mounds
And meticulously sort through what used to be Levitt Town.
It will be slim pickings-so scholars will publish papers
Speculating on what might have been
The scope and magnitude of the waste.
A ranger will lead her tour up to the mesa.
She will point to the remains of the skyscrapers
reaching out of the water like someone drowning.
She explains that there are not many of these old structures remaining.
That the ruins could be found all over the world.
They are the wonders of the ancient world.
She will discount the U.F.O. theories.
"There was land here at one time" she tells them" but we don't know when".
What if there comes a time.
What if.
Copyright 2008
Friday, November 16, 2007
A Haiku To End The The War In Iraq
Tyrants talk
As troops march across a border
Children cry many tears
Copyright 2007
As troops march across a border
Children cry many tears
Copyright 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Coffee Bean #3
"Materialists and madmen never have doubts"
-G.K. Chesterton
We had no doubts about going to Iraq then,
And we seem to have no doubts about going to war with Iran now.
Copyright 2007
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