The
dogwoods are in bloom
giving lie to Winter’s hold
I
trudge through muddy roads
thoughts
of Summer, of war’s end
and
of life rising again
out
of the Tigris plain.
Antonia Baranov
I like this very much dear lady. A couple of comments: might this be better without punctuation? At the moment it is oddly punctuated, and the capitalization of Thoughts sticks out; also the last word should be "plain".
ReplyDeletePhilosophical and deep
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ReplyDeleteI wrote it for my son in college when he asked for comment about first Iraq war. He said something like"only my Mother!'
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