With love to John
I remember the day John Lennon died
I stopped the car
and inwardly cried
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Pure amateur, always loved poems and English Lit. Like to write poetry in situ! ! Influenced by many poets of all styles but a few are Langston Hughes, Robert Graves, Byron, Sylvia Plath, Wilfred Owen, D H Lawrence, and John Milton. We took early in 2003 and went backpacking the world for ten and a half months through South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Myanamar Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Usa & Mexico. Been travelling for the last few years 2005 India - 2006 China and Italy - 2007 Sardinia, Corsica, then we went backpacking again for 6 months to Thailand Cambodia Hong Kong New Zealand USA and Canada. This year 2010 Holland France Belgium and the Czech Republic.)
War
What Is War
war is how the old cull the youth
war destroys
beauty and truth
they tell of the glories of the past
they stood back to back
and fought to the last
among the upright stones
let them talk of war
above the poor misguided bones
and as about them
they stare
let them start war
if they dare
Richard Pinkett