Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted August 8, 2014


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War...what is it good for? Absolutely nothin'.

Dead & Buried

by Dean Kuch

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Dead & Buried

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hate sees red

hate is not dead

dead in tombs

dead in wombs

wombs of evil

wombs of confession

confession of sins

confessing tends

tends to heal

tends to squeal

squeal in terror

squeal from errors

errors made

errors forbade

forbade with sadness

forbade the madness

madness reigns

madness feigns

feigns forgiving

feigns fools living

living dead

living hell

hell on earth

hell at birth

birth mutated

birth mutilated

mutilated bodies

mutilated people

people die daily

people start wars

wars cause wronging

wars cause longing

longing and pain

longing remains

remains decaying

remains to dust

dust from death

dust bowl breath

breath will leave

breath yes breathe

breathe in air

breathe in deep

deep relief

deep in grief

grief so harried

grief for those buried

buried and alone

buried and dead

dead

alone

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Writing Prompt
the challenge: write a blitz poem.

*please read rules below very carefully*

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the blitz poem, created by robert keim, is a stream of short phrases and images with repetition and rapid flow.

it is meant to be read very quickly.

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rules....

~ begin with short phrase (it may be a cliché) in line 1

~ line 2 begins with the same first word as line 1

~ lines 3 and 4 begin with the last word of line 2

~ lines 5 and 6 begin with the last word of line 4

....and so on, continuing with each subsequent pair beginning with the last word of the line above them - this establishes a pattern of repetition which is continued through line 48.
*note: lines 1-48 should be short but at least two words.

~ line 49 is the last word of 48
~ line 50 is the last word of 47

~ the title must be only three words in the following order:
1. first word from the line 3
2. preposition or conjunction
3. first word from line 47

~ NO punctuation

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*see details in announcement for an example


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Wars have been waged displaying man's abilities to inflict pain, suffering and inhumanity to his own species since the dawn of time. Will we never learn? Will the endless horrors never cease?

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