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Tag Archives: conflict
A Death-Bed by Rudyard Kipling
“This is the State above the Law. The State exists for the State alone.” [This is a gland at the back of the jaw, And an answering lump by the collar-bone.] Some die shouting in gas or fire; Some die … Continue reading
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The Poet As Hero by Siegfried Sassoon
You’ve heard me, scornful, harsh, and discontented, Mocking and loathing War: you’ve asked me why Of my old, silly sweetness I’ve repented— My ecstasies changed to an ugly cry. You are aware that once I sought the Grail, Riding in … Continue reading
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Tagged and discontented, anthology, conflict, death, friends, grieving, harsh, life, literature, loneliness, poem, poet, poetry, Russell Boyle, russellboyle.com, scornful, sorrow, The Poet As Hero by Siegfried Sassoon, Volume 3, war, writing, You've heard me
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Choose by Carl Sandburg
The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other. Carl Sandburg 1878–1967 Rupture by Russell Boyle
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Tagged aggression, choice, Choose by Carl Sandburg, conflict, enemies, forgiveness, friends, friendship, hatred, literature, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, Rupture, Russell Boyle, russellboyle.com, The single clenched fist lifted and ready, war, warmth, writing
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The Verdicts by Rudyard Kipling
(Jutland) 1916 Not in the thick of the fight, Not in the press of the odds, Do the heroes come to their height, Or we know the demi-gods. That stands over till peace. We can only perceive Men returned from … Continue reading
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled … Continue reading
Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling
You may talk o’ gin and beer When you’re quartered safe out ’ere, An’ you’re sent to penny-fights an’ Aldershot it; But when it comes to slaughter You will do your work on water, An’ you’ll lick the bloomin’ boots … Continue reading →