Violence Poem by Valsa George

Violence

Rating: 4.7


Violence erupts
As pressure builds inside
No warning, no alarm siren
Sudden spurt of lava
Effacing life, love and dreams
War drums, grenades, gun shots
Fire spitting dragons of tanks
Sizzling missiles and bombs
Screams, wails and bloodshed
Thousands fall dead
Thousands, maimed and crippled
Pale faced grimace of death!

Volcanic violence blasts the Earth.
Blights life.
Flee away from its course!
Seek shelter in the bastions of peace,
Before it sweeps you headlong,
Charring you to death,
As unsuspecting flies in a flame!

Milton the blind bard of England sang
"Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war"
Let no man take up arms against another
For when peace dwells within
There shall be peace without!

Thursday, July 3, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: War
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The internal violence and war in Iraq has prompted me to think of the horrors of war!
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susmit Panda 04 July 2014

Valsa, you wrote a fine one!

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Rightly said Milton when peace dwells within peace will flow without.........Valsa.............violence is the outburst of grieved feelings.........bursts forth like volcano......its paroxysm affects all.....needs to be treated by social scientists at the grass-root level...........as usual a great piece with great concern for the on-going violence in Iraq

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Pradip Chattopadhyay 04 July 2014

a powerful poem, deep and incisive.

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Tirupathi Chandrupatla 04 July 2014

Seek shelter in the bastions of peace, Before it sweeps you headlong Weapons are supposed to be there not to be used. Peace is all pervading. Let us learn and live.

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Akhtar Jawad 05 July 2014

Violence of nature has advantages too but human violence, in my humble opinion, is the most undesired sin. I welcome this lovely poem against violence.

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Suresh Kumar Ek 17 December 2020

The cruel fate of humans Torched to our heads Through this lines Thoughtfull Touching Terrible Trance Tough Tear

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Kumarmani Mahakul 18 November 2018

Violence erupts without warning due to pressure builds inside, and then war occurs. War can't provide peace, but we need peace. So no man take up arms against another. A beautiful poem so nicely executed.

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Dr Dillip K Swain 10 April 2018

For a short while, I was utterly drowned in the sea of despair feeling the horrors of war while going through this high pitched poem! The conclusive stanza with Milton’s Song provides readers acts as an extinguisher! I always appreciate the way you associate and involve your poetic soul to specific issues! A great poem!

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Dr Dillip K Swain 10 April 2018

Violence erupts......Volcanic violence blasts the Earth....War drums, grenades, gun shots.....Sizzling missiles and bombs.....Screams, wails and bloodshed....Thousands are dead and thousands are crippled...! The war is a great apathy and misery to the human society! (Cont..)

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Amitava Sur 06 July 2014

Very true that violence begets destruction only whether it is a Volcano, tornado or storm. It is an after effect of building pressure inside the system. Thus in our society also all unnecessary pressures are created by supression and oppression to the society resulting to war, looting and extortion begetting a misery to the society. Hence the poet said very rightly Let no man take up arms against another For when peace dwells within ... very well presentation, Valsa, thanks for sharing.

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