Image: Co-existence a rare commodity (here)
the 12 given words:
ring darkness mournful dying, bells
spire feud peace false hand wild wars
ring of fire
conflagration of red and orange
eruptions bursting into flames
all within the doorsteps
darkness bedeviled bright as day
mournful of the dying
nothing more than collateral damage
nameless lives strewn
left for dead silent
just as the bells
from the highest spire
feuds among nations
embroiled in the pursuit of peace
false hope given a hand
in wild adventures
wars a convenient plaything
MMT's Sunday's Whirligig #247
Magaly's at Poets and Storytellers
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Excellent way to use the "Given Words" Hank. Loved the post.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
And round and round it goes.
ReplyDeleteThe last stanza speaks a rather painful truth.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.
ReplyDeleteA timely and poignant write, Hank!
ReplyDeleteThat last line... as if war is just a game.
ReplyDeleteThe truth in your ending hits hard. What a creative use of a word list.
ReplyDeleteA sad truth in your last stanza. The world has shrunk to tweet-controlled drones that kill. Great use of all the words.
ReplyDeleteToo sadly true! And well said.
ReplyDeleteYou are right on target, Hank, I am sad to say. It seems a game to those who start the fracas, but it is young soldiers and citizens who will suffer and die.
ReplyDeleteSadly this seems to be our world Hank... and the wheel keeps turning...
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
We have a U.S. president who sees war as his personal plaything. It's difficult to know where his tantrums will lead.
ReplyDeletenothing more than collateral damage - Sadly, It seems like there is more of this going on everyday.
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