A Song For Iraq Poem by Elizabeth Padillo Olesen

A Song For Iraq



Listen, people are crying
Listen, bombs are raining
Listen, missiles are pounding
Fires are spreading
Houses are burning
People are running.

Listen, mothers are screaming
Listen, children are dying
Listen, soldiers are bleeding
Death is growing
Hate is rising
Where are we heading?

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
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(written at the 9th day of bombing April 2002)

Elizabeth Padillo Olesen
Monday, September 10, 2012
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Meant to be sung with guitar chords Just much bothered about the bombing because I felt that it would bring so much suffering to the people. in long period of time.
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