Smoke And Mirrors Poem by Kingsley Egbukole
Smoke And Mirrors
Now a man-made orphan
The family house destroyed
Education prematurely terminated
The bleak future staring gloomily
At his one leg and rickety clutch
Has a better interpretation of the puzzle
"No victor, no vanquished"
(Saturday 6th November,1999,2.46 am)
A concise, succinct poem that says a lot. A man who has lost his parents, the family home, any further education, one leg. There is not much more to lose. A bleak future lies ahead, yet he can now understand 'no winner, no loser'. Crime is like that, if that is what you mean. Ernest Hemingway, 'Man is not made for defeat' From his great novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
Thank you Michael. The 1967 - 1970 civil war in Nigeria left about 2million people dead in the eastern part of Nigeria (Biafra) . Many of those alive lost parents and other relations.Many were permanently maimed and the war effect is still felt today. Funny enough in 1970 when the war ended, the Nigerian government declared it a NO VICTOR, NO VANQUISH.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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9/20/2024 12:16:28 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Memories! ! ! Wickedness of WAR. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Thank you Edward. Wars are very destructive.