Who is it that lies buried here?
I fear there are lots of men who we hold dear
Enemies and fellow soldiers lie shoulder to shoulderWhilst breathing - mortal enemies - but death draws them near
What good can come of this, I do not know?
Was it for the greater good - the leader’s mighty chess game?
Was their death justified - perhaps only time will let us know
If nothing more this hallowed ground provides a sad and tragic base for poppies to grow
If only each poppy could take away the grief
Of those back home
Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives
And let them hold dear the cause these men fought here
They are now in God’s grasp
No longer suffering but at peace
The gun shot over head no longer touches these men’s ears
Nor does the setting of the sun or the cool winter breeze
Is this fair, I ask myself?
A life stolen, a life lost
What might have been, had they lived
We will never know
But I wonder as I walk and mourn by each mounded grave
Citation -
First Picture – http://www. freepages.military.rootsweb.com/ ~hoddy/kit.jpg
Second Picture – http://www.rawe.info/images/photogallery/photo_75.jpg
Third Picture - http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/photodetectiveblog/content/binary/editUnknow%20soldiers%20WW1.jpg
Fourth Picture- http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/rose/trench3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php%3Ftopic_id%3D26422213%26page%3D0%26prev_button%3D1&usg=__qLfS_6k9920iDcqoDEG7jZYysIc=&h=416&w=628&sz=32&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=gnPPCjzKXAMssM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgun%2Bfire%2Bww1%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den
Fifth Picture - http://www. img.dailymail.co.uk/.../ battleDM2606_468x326.jpg
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Who is it that lies buried here?
Posted by Jemima at 3:57 AM
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3 comments:
it is touching and well written. my only complaint is that in the first stanza, i think a return on the third line was deleted by accident. apart from that, i really like your rhyming and vivid detail. overall, good job.
Great use of poetic device. and good imagery. Its awesome. Its amazing. Its depressing but great! You used good imagery and sensory detail. Its great. maybe some more onomatopoeia.
Jemima!! Your poem is so professional and so thought-provoking! :) I love how you changed the structure of the sentences poetically and still made it easy to understand. I also like the way you started the stanzas with a question. It's very interesting and has a very deep meaning in it- I think. The details are very vivid and descriptive. Good job!
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