Say No To War.. Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

Say No To War..

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He was just seventeen and four months,
The son of the humble peasant,
Recruited to be the cook in the barracks, but,
Given two grenades to destroy two machine guns,
Strong enemies with imported weapons,
His country fighting for freedom,
Instructed to throw at them,
He crawled to their destination,
The noise from the machine guns,
Deafened the ears of the soldiers,
Then there was silence for a second,
The young man threw one at the first post,
‘allah' the call could be heard,
Mother land soldiers hiding and watching,
The action of the young cook turned a soldier,
Then he threw the second grenade to the second post,
The enemies were annihilated, so was the brave man,
Broken forehead spilled out his brain,
The stream suddenly changed into red saline,
The soldiers ran to rescue the body,
To confer the highest order,
of military honor.

Say No to war.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
dedicated to Bir shreshthyo Hamidur of Bangladesh.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Eric Cockrell 16 September 2012

war for whatever reason is murder! good poetry!

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Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal 15 September 2012

To confer the highest order, of military honor. Say No to war..... nice poem..10 but if thrust upon fight for and show it as won nothing dearer than motherland foe is foe even if he is friend

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Hans Vr 15 September 2012

So true, Veeraiyah. A strog message expressed so well. The senselessness of war. I hope and somewhere deep inside i am convinced that this time of mindless barbarism is soon to end. The world perhaps needed the images captured the stories engraved for the stupidity of war never to re-occur. I am praying for it all to end soon Please pray along (Please read my short poem titled world peace on my first page)

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Chandra Thiagarajan 14 September 2012

It's heart rending to see the young lad die.Can any amount military honor bring his life back? SAY NO TO WAR Is a fitting heading.I wish at least such poems opens the eyes of the war mongers. Thanks and wishes.

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