Mourning, Marchons Poem by Doug Stewart

Mourning, Marchons



Arms they hid beneath their cloaks,
Intent beneath facades of peace,
And fixed their paths toward Montrouge,
A concert, and 130 dead Parisians, a City
Mourning, Marchons.

The City of Light knew then its friends, they
Rallied from the clovered corners of the planet,
The tears of auld allies and former colonies glisten,
Late enemies stood next to Marianne, hands clasped in
Mourning, Marchons.

Current adversaries promise support, old friends
Pledge support and, as 50 years ago, is Paris Burning?
NO! The City of Light lifts her torch, Marianne sings,
Her standards of law and justice remain the same. Even in
Mourning, Marchons!

Mourning, Marchons
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: tragic,tribute
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
November 14,2015 Paris
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 24 April 2016

Doug passed away in mid April 2016 ~*~ In memory of Douglas R. Stewart, poet and friend. An active member in this group of poets from 47 countries, worldwide, he will be missed, but his poetry will keep him alive in our hearts. «Mourning, Marchons! » ~*~ -dedication to Doug in the Anthology book ''Poets against Inequality'' (published April 2016 - a few days after Doug's demise)

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Fabrizio Frosini 15 January 2016

hi Doug! ;) btw..132 downloads so far..

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Fabrizio Frosini 15 January 2016

*********************************** 'POETRY AGAINST TERROR' THE POEMS: ~*~ Sayeed Abubakar: A Broom’s Prayer to God against Terrorism Alexandro Acevedo Johns: The Cost of Terror and the Two Chilean Women Saadat Tahir Ali: Smeared in Blood Paul Amrod: Crusader in Black Leah Ayliffe: Lions Khaoula Basty: Belief Lawrence Beck: Slipping Away from Decadence Daniel J. Brick: A Dance Sophy Chen: Faced With Terrorism, Poetry is Nothing's Nothing Terence George Craddock, Terrorism Holds a Bloody Knife At Innocent Throats Sahra Hussein Dahir: Save the Humanity Driss Ezzireg: They're Just Kids Havin' Some Fun Geoffrey Fafard: Face Down in the Sand Weiyao Feng: The Flame of Paris Grant Fraser: Lighthouse Fabrizio Frosini: Blood Rain Negar Gorji: Terror in Swan Lake Bright Kwamina Grantson: The Error of Terror Dilantha Gunawardana: Chess Nosheen Irfan: The Fatal Moment Galina Italyanskaya: Terror is a Synonym of Fear Afrooz Jafarinoor: The Growth of a Word Farzad Jahanbani: My Heart is in Torment Vincent Chizoba John: Blood in the street Kinyua Karanja: War on Terror Sofia Kioroglou: Guns and Bullets Varghese Kuncheria: The Earth Bleeds Kelly Kurt: Unwritten Remedy (Poets for Peace) Lionel Lerch (Cocteau Mot Lotov) : Struggle for Death Birgit Bunzel Linder: On the Train Tapera Makadho: From Paris with Love Kenneth Maswabi: Terror in the Minds of Men Denzel Mbatha: With Wounded Lips.. Mallika Menon: A Cry for Peace Leloudia Migdali: Cries of Pain, Bodies Scattered Asoke Kumar Mitra: The Heartbreak that is Terrorism Zoran Mitrović (Neran Sati) : Prime Lines Istvan Molnar: No Mercy Souren Mondal: Red Ashes of War Anitah Muwanguzi: My Life for Hers Bharati Nayak: Mourning The Death of Innocent Flowers Valsa George Nedumthallil: Down with Terrorism Srijana Neupane (KC) : We Humans? Eunice Barbara C. Novio: The Crescent Moon Fatima Obaid: Terrorism Marcondes Pereira: Stanzas of Sadness (A Sonnet) Sajee Rayaroth: There Will Be Tomorrow.. Marianne Larsen Reninger: Cell Theory Terry Robinson (HE George) : And The Writing's on the Wall Rizwan Saleem: Lend Me Your Tears Leila Samarrai: Où vas-tu, Seigneur? Kirti Sharma: It's been so Many Years.. Anzelyne Shideshe: Mr Terror Osiel Silverino da Silva: Flowers Pamela Sinicrope: Habibi Petra Soliman: Harmony Along Douglas Stewart: Mourning, Marchons Udaya R. Tennakoon: A Thunder Terrified Me Richard Thézé: We are Charlie, We are Paris Savita Tyagi: The Terrorist Mai Murphy Venn: The Music Stopped Niken Kusuma Wardani: Us and Them Snir Yacoby: Might Asma Zenjali: A Rude Awakening ******************************************

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