Our Unholy Grails Poem by Sathya Narayana

Our Unholy Grails

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How weird is world history,
mottled with battles and tragedy...
millions died with senseless fury!

Why at one tyrant's blithely writ
hordes run towards certain death?
Purging out blind faiths
when surged as mindless blitzes
how many lives went underneath,
cramming from core to the mantle
the mute bearer, Mother Earth!

We no longer drink sweet Adam's ale, O' friends!

Filled are our grails with our ancestors'
bitter blood and baleful tales!

Our Unholy Grails
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Topic(s) of this poem: blood,earth,war
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Indira Renganathan 04 August 2008

Very intense.Good theme and good write10 and more

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Meena Iyer 04 August 2008

amazingly insightful!

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Ershad Mazumder 03 August 2008

Dear Sathya thanks for sharing this piece. I liked it much much. But I told you earlier that I am now a devil.My beloved made me a devil.Because I have disobeyed Him. I am now in conflict with Him. I hate war.But my beloved keep silent when earth is bleeding.

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Bharat B. Trivedi 03 August 2008

Sathya, Nice read. A sneaky peep in the dusty pages of history...

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Rohan R 02 August 2008

I am a budding poet.Is the poem complete (some doubts in my mind) . Presents history and exploitation of earth with real life situations.Nice use and mix of words.

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Louie -Love & Peace- Levy 19 September 2008

Bravo! Courageous are your controversial provocation. Un-Wholey have become likewise, lost religious empty Icons- The while, their never ever actually serving for Peace on Earth Your in-depth feeling of Empathy is Majestic Will thee, then gifted Bard, for Earth's sake and that of her offspring, suggest as to how Peace can and will surely prevail - IF? ? ? . ...louie levy

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Greenwolfe 1962 29 August 2008

This was interesting . It was written very well and worthy of a recommendation. The ending I thought was the most important part and distinguishes it from mos other writings on the subject. GW62

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Chitra - 23 August 2008

a powerpacked poem! intense!

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Shalini Kts 15 August 2008

if only leaders understand the value of unity and peace we all can enjoy the peaceful earth.... nice poem

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Rajaram Ramachandran 12 August 2008

If two leaders do not agree, then millions die for their sake in a war. Your poem speaks well of this truth.

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Sathya Narayana

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Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
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