Baghdad Poem by JerriFaye Thomason

Baghdad

Rating: 4.4


A moment of silence,
Heads are bowed,
Flags at half staff,
Prayers around,
~ Another bomb ~
~ Another attack ~
More dead bodies,
In the New Iraq,
A suicide bomber,
A flatbed truck,
The UN headquarters,
Is now blown up,
Security was lax,
Reports the news,
Giving trust to a country,
Offering a truce,
The reality is harsh,
In this desert land,
More Iraqi's have died,
By Iraqi hands,
Soldiers are digging,
Through the debris,
In hopes to find life,
They want to believe,
They're here for a reason,
To rebuild Iraq,
For this they're drying,
By daily attacks,
Freeing a country,
That spits in their face,
Leaves soldiers wondering,
Why they're here in this place?

Thursday, May 13, 2004
Topic(s) of this poem: War
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jasbir Chatterjee 10 November 2014

this whole war business is beyond comprehension...wars are artificially created to promote sale of arms. We common people must rise up against all those who promote violence and so called Jihads against someone or the other...

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R P 10 November 2013

Excellent. One comment on nationality, people (plural) of Iraq are called Iraqis, not Iraqians.

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Jasbir Chatterjee 10 November 2013

nice poem...if only there were no more wars and conflict was resolved through peaceful means...life would be so much more beautiful...

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Leslie Philibert 10 November 2013

Share your emotions, drying is a typo.

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Emily Krueger 10 November 2012

Really like this poem. It gives people an insight to a war that should have never been started. Good write :)

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