Thursday, March 10, 2022

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image from HERE

FROM DARKEST VOID

Children torpedoed into adulthood 

Men leaving wives and children to glean bread

They have to harvest and bake for themselves

The tale of a terror we know as war

This fight for borders this grab for more earth

Even when it cakes another man's boot

It is called hell wrapped in garments of greed

A covetousness risen from darkest void

Recline rescind retreat you worthless force

Back to the realm of never nevermore

© gillena cox 2022


BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
dVerse – MTB: Numbering Ten 
To write a decuain 
or
a five line stanza poem


REVISIT

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17 comments:

  1. Laura BloomsburyMarch 10, 2022 at 5:22 PM

    you dug deep for this dark decuain, Gillena

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    1. Gillena CoxMarch 10, 2022 at 6:47 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Laura

      Much💜love

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  2. Merril D. SmithMarch 10, 2022 at 5:31 PM

    Powerful, Gillena.
    That image is perfect, too.

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  3. Gillena CoxMarch 10, 2022 at 6:48 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Merril

    Much💜love

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  4. ms_liliMarch 10, 2022 at 7:45 PM

    Gillena your poem reads as a protective talisman. May it be so.

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  5. Gillena CoxMarch 10, 2022 at 8:34 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Lili

    Much💜love

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  6. KerfeMarch 10, 2022 at 10:35 PM

    That would be a good ending...

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    1. Gillena CoxMarch 11, 2022 at 1:03 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Kerfe

      Much💜love

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  7. IngridMarch 10, 2022 at 11:18 PM

    Well depicted, Gillena - a terrible situation!

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  8. Gillena CoxMarch 11, 2022 at 1:03 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Ingrid

    Much💜love

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  9. forestbatherMarch 11, 2022 at 9:12 AM

    Real protest poetry....megalomaniacs, yes, with their greed and need to control

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  10. Gillena CoxMarch 12, 2022 at 4:48 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Ain

    Much💜love

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  11. lynn__March 12, 2022 at 12:28 PM

    You said it like it is, Gillena, in this powerful poem from opening line to last phrase...if only words could send them back!!

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  12. Gillena CoxMarch 12, 2022 at 2:14 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Lyn

    Much💜love

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  13. brudbergMarch 13, 2022 at 11:22 AM

    I really think you captured what we all feel in this time when war without any reason is upon us.

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  14. purplepeninportland.comMarch 13, 2022 at 8:42 PM

    Very well said, Gillena!

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  15. Gillena CoxMarch 14, 2022 at 7:38 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Sara

    Much💜love

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