WAR POETRY--award winner (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/950703-WAR-POETRY--award-winner WORLD’S NUMBER ONE TERRORIST “World’s number one terrorist”, Was the message he wore, As he proceeded to leave The Australian shore. Allen Jasson, fifty five, Was an IT expert. This message,with Bush picture, Adorned his pet T shirt. He travelled often like this. His views were quite forthright. This time he ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:49:31 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/483085 GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR Global war, terror war. It’s now razing wide and far. You caused it, O crazy Bush, And gave it a vicious push. You have disturbed global peace. You have disturbed global peace. Global war, terror war. Bush, you say for it you are Under the orders from God. In heaven’s name, what a fraud! Now more terror...[Read Full Post] Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:45:31 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/468219 HUMAN RIGHTS Universal human rights, Oh, what a euphemism! I view this appellation With lot of cynicism. Those who preach the human rights Are the worst offenders. They send, to kill civilians, Their marines and bombers. Guantanamo prison, dogs Let loose on prisoners, Naked and pulled by a leash By young female soldiers! A sovere...[Read Full Post] Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:01:18 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/466732 MY THREE WISHES Wishes are just that, products Of mere wishful thinking. But, though imaginary, there’s No harm in their listing. I believe poverty should Be eradicated. Towards this end my wishes Would be dedicated. First of all I would like that US may be restrained From being the global cop, its Ambitions may be chained. ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:04:39 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/466255 US, I DO LOVE YOU BUT... US, I do love you but I hate your policies. Colonialism is ov'r. Why expand overseas? If you don't have enough oil Then reduce consumption. To control oil exporters, Don't threaten extinction. US, I do love you but I do not like the fact, For WMD you made With UK a vile pact. You knew ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:27:36 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/466226 WAR ON TERROR: a quinzaine Global war on terrorism. Who’s causing terror? U S A. * Written as a quinzaine [An unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables, distributed as 7/5/3. The first line makes a statement. The next two lines ask a question related to the statement]. * Written for [Link To Item #1047326] , M C Gupta 10 Septem...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:50:28 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/453770 GLOBAL COP US is a great country; Of this there is no doubt. In fact this greatness itself is To be worried about. The arrogance of power Makes it trample others. For the international law, It so rarely bothers. The rest of the world views it As a selfish monster. With this view ultimately One does have to concur. Power shou...[Read Full Post] Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:38:51 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/449770 CALL ME CRAZY Call me crazy, if you wish, Or, call me imbecile. Call me a dimwit or a Delinquent juvenile. But I can’t understand why There was waged Iraq war. WMD there were none. Strange the US ways are. I do not know why those aged Twelve and seventy years Are held in Guantanamo Amidst fetters and fears. I just can’...[Read Full Post] Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:23:00 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/439337 MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE: a sonnet When all that I am left with is but grief, When not a ray of hope is visible; When it seems that I am losing belief, When not to sustain faith I am able; When vile and vice rule the roost in the world, When death and mayhem are let loose by bombs; When forsaken is His eternal word, When dwelling...[Read Full Post] Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:29:15 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/420395 HAVES AND HAVE NOTS Man fights man; brother, brother. Neighbours, too, also fight. Even some distant countries Put up a show of might. Why fight they? We may write tomes. But the answer is this: All of us are afflicted By greedy, golden kiss. We covet what’s not ours. We don’t want to earn bread. Snatching it from others&#8...[Read Full Post] Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:18:56 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/418029 INVISIBLE FLIGHT I wish I could fly one day, And be invisible. Then I could see others but Others won’t be able. If my wish came true, I would Fly to Saddam Hussein; I would remove his handcuffs In just a moment’s span. After that I would fly straight To Guantanamo Bay, And release all detainees, In real hell, who stay. ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:40:09 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/417944 WHO, SATAN? What is heaven? What is hell? What is God? Who Satan? Are they myth? Or, are they fact? Part of a senseless plan? What is good and what is bad? What are sin and virtue? Often this depends on what Believe others and you. Who is right, man or woman? The master or servant? Is Jehovah, or Allah, The ruler dominant? While ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:10:13 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/416973 I SHALL NOT LIVE Let me put paid to the world. It’s just good for nothing. Every nook and corner has A murderer lurking. Wasps are killed by butterflies, Flowers are pricked by thorns. On every heart, every mind, Satan his stamp adorns. Jesus is hanged on the cross, The innocent are bombed By marauders who, themselves, Will one ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:54:04 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/416597 FREEDOM OF SPEECH: a sonnet Why be quiet when others think they’re wise, And nod in agreement to what they say? Because some others my looks do despise, Why should from the path of duty I sway? Don’t I too have my own independence Of thought and speech and my religion, too? Can’t I too speak without let or hindrance, And p...[Read Full Post] Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:01:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/400293 BOMBING IRAQ I want to soar high in sky, Far away from this world, Where people fight endlessly For what is just a word. Is it Allah or Yahweh? Is it the Lord or Christ? Each of the above three says, Only His is true might. Let me soar high in the sky And pray this to true God: “Kindly put an end to this Pernicious human fraud&...[Read Full Post] Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:45:28 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399578 I PREFER SILENCE When someone wants to listen Only to his own voice; When only in his own views, He can dwell and rejoice; I prefer silence. When knowledge is frowned upon, And ignorance is bliss; When there is none who truly Does voice of reason miss; I prefer silence. When Bush says he bombed Iraq On orders from the God; When he ta...[Read Full Post] Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:35:03 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/397289 A CRADLE OF HOPE [A hope that superpowers may not launch superwars] Somewhere, deep within my heart, I still cradle a hope, That in the darkness of mind, World may no longer grope. I’m hopeful of a day when There would be sweet sunshine; Blue sky won’t have dark war clouds And hearts won’t o’er death pine; When...[Read Full Post] Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:15:58 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/383915 A SICK AND MAD WORLD [The deeds of man are worse than those of the mad and the mentally sick.] It’s a sick world in which man Kills another indeed; Not for hunger but for his Just insatiable greed. It’s a mad world where young men Strap bombs to their body, So that they become famous In a manner shoddy. It’s a sti...[Read Full Post] Wed, 02 Nov 2005 08:10:43 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/383281 WHEN WAR COMES [When war comes, it bodes ill for all] When war comes, it comes to take The sons from the mothers Of both, who send their bombers, And the bombed ones, ‘others’. It’s not a one sided game, Though it may seem to some. The pendulum does swing back, Surely in times to come. Some are too keen to look f...[Read Full Post] Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:41:00 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/383097 IT WILL BE AVENGED [Those who break international law will be brought to book] When doves are killed by swooping hawks; When encroachers break up the locks; When bombs rain on the simple folks; Then it will be avenged. The hawks, before the doves, will squeak; Refuge, the encroachers will seek; Their might will bow before the weak; Whe...[Read Full Post] Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:48:19 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/383000 TODAY’S DON QUIXOTE [Isn’t it Quixotic to point one’s pen at the superpower?] I’m today’s Don Quixote, Convinced that I must speak out, And tell the world what I think Of the global moral scene. Morality does demand That all strive to rid the world Of the scourges of mankind-- Vast hunger and ignorance. ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:19:29 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/382132 FEEDING OF TERROR: a kyoka [George Bush launched a “war on terrorism” that had just the opposite effect] Post nine eleven GB vowed to kill terror. He bombed Afghan soil Then he blazed the Iraq oil. The terror grew even more. • Written as a Kyoka, which is a five line Japanese poem in 5-7-5-7-7 syllable format. The term Ky...[Read Full Post] Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:41:46 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/372619 NINE ELEVEN--rated 4.5 by 6 viewers [Tragic sweet memories of that fateful day] When I kissed her a good bye ‘Cause I was going to fly And gave her rosy flowers As she left for twin towers To reach her office in time On the eleventh of Nine, Scarce I knew never again Shall in this life meet we twain. As I reached the airport, ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 03 Jun 2005 03:40:58 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/351080 IMPRISONED [Thoughts of freedom in the mind of a young civilian incarcerated in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, by US army] Who am I? A soul imprisoned, In a mortal physical frame; As if a bird, with wings clipped down, Sits silent in cage, tamed. Who am I? A life imprisoned, In a world ruled by custom; Not free to express my love To the one who s...[Read Full Post] Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:05:21 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/337256 US,SEARCH YOUR HEART—rated (perhaps spitedly) 3 by 2 viewers [ A few drops of blood, from the poet's heart, for blood spilt in desert] US, search your heart and say: That you made a mistake; That you goofed up in Iraq, And, there, a mess did make; That all those WMD, In fact, did not exist; That you only made them up, Simp...[Read Full Post] Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:48:05 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/336909