Man In Armour With Red Scarf Poem by Aphrodite Anastasia Menegaki
Man In Armour With Red Scarf
Into the valleys of blood
Soldiers walk through filthy mud
Blood, iron and hopeless tears
Dare not to reveal your fears.
And there as I see the land
I hear the echoes of the damned
The ravens and the hungry vultures
Come see men's everlasting tortures
In all that endless slaughter
That knows not of any border.
No place for hope nor for love
A hidden letter in his glove
Words that will never be read
Brave man, not even when you are dead
Although you were of all sons the best
You shall never bear your father's crest
For it was written in you fate
By sixteen twenty eight
To be a man of no name
And I wonder who's to blame.
As red as blood is your arm-band
Vast armies you once used to command
A fierce old face at your sword-blade's hilt
And your heart seems filled with such guilt
For all the lives you've taken
In this hell you've awaken.
Sorrow and fear in your eyes
These you can never disguise
Leaving for battle never to return
Fighting for men that never learned
That wars and battles cannot be won
By the blood of those who are gone
For all your leaders' merciless greed
You always suffer and bleed
When the trumpeters of war
Are heard like never before
And when the battle's rage
Turns the history's page
Through time I'll be bound
Until I know I have found
When I stand at Genoa's old wharf
The Man in Armour with the Red Scarf
Man in Armour with Red Scarf by Aphrodite-Anastasia Menegaki
Aphrodite-Anastasia Menegaki
Aphrodite-anastasia Menegaki, I have no words to say, I would like to say only- It a amazing poem and you have amazing writing power......superb....
I thank you so very much for your wonderful and encouraging words, sir! ! ! ! Thank you! ! ! Very happy you liked my effort! ! ! Thank you! ! !
Nice work, Aphrodite. These are my favorite lines: For all your leaders' insatiate greed Upon the battlefield you bleed When I stand on Genoa's old wharf The Man in Armour with the Red Scarf For it was written in your fate By sixteen twenty eight
Love reading about history through poetry, it is short, concise and to the point! Very interesting story behind these words, you have taught me something from the lost pages of history. Thank you for sharing it. RoseAnn
Dear Rose Ann, thank you so much for your comment! I am more than happy you enjoyed my poem and the story behind it. Thank you truly! Aphrodite-Anastasia
Everytime I do read it, I have the first impression that it has been written by a great poet.By a poet of those remembered as the best ones.//It does not mean, dear Aphrodite that you have to hurry up to publish another one to 'shoe' that you are here.Time can wait you.Νeither rush nor hasten.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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You have a keen sense of history and are acutely aware it lives in us still. Contemporary people may be uninterested in the 30 Years War but as Lein Trotsky acidly said,
You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. Unfortunately history repeats itself, and we have to learn from the mistakes of the past so that they are not repeated in our future. Thank you, for your comment, dear Daniel! Thank you so much!