My brain is smart but my mouth is stupid. Unfortunately the two haven't found a way to work in harmony yet.
War War! - huh- yeah- What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Uh-huh War! – huh – yeah- What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again y’all War! – huh – good God What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Listen to me… Ohhh… War! I despise Because it means destruction’ Of innocent lives War means tears to thousands of mothers eyes When their sons go to fight and lose their lives I said - War! Huh – Good God y’all What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again War! Whoa, Lord What is it good for Absolutely nothing Listen to me… War! It ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker War! Friend only to the undertaker War! It’s an enemy to all mankind The thought of war blows my mind War has caused unrest in the younger generation Induction then destruction- Who wants to die? Ohhh… War – Good God Y’all What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it, Say it, Say it War! Uh-huh – Yeah - Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Listen to me… War! It ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker War! It’s got one friend, that’s the undertaker War has shattered many a young mans dreams Made him disabled bitter and mean Life is much to precious to spend fighting wars these days War can’t give life, it can only take it away War! Huh – Good God y’all What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again War! Whoa, Lord What is it good for Absolutely nothing Listen to me… War! It ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker War! Friend only to the undertaker Peace Love and Understanding; tell me, is there no place for them today? They say we must fight to keep our freedom But Lord knows there’s got to be a better way War! Huh – Good God y’all What is it good for? You tell me Say it, Say it, Say it War! Huh – Good God y’all What is it good for? Stand up and shout it. Nothing! Sorry Odon, but it's the truth.......... Peace
Got any suggestions that relate to what I was looking for? So far it has been a difficult challenge to find poems like what I am looking for. Plenty of contemporary poems floating around. All deep and meaningful from the perspectives of soldiers critics family members of soldiers- the whole nine yards. http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/ http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/Poems by soldiers.html http://www.alicejamesbooks.org/turner_interview.html The list is almost endless. Can I find anything like I want? Can I f.... :leaving:
If that's what you want to call it. Fine. It might get the ball rolling a little bit more. If you know of any contemporary works, please post some. All I have said is I didn't want any anti-war ones, ones banging on about the futility of war, and none that were too gun ho. Oh, and none written by Republicans or you end up with poems like I posted earlier.
Just because. Edit: Ok. I've not read many of the kind I was looking for and I'd like to. Just to get a feel of the opposite emotions than the normal anti-war poems.
Yes all that bloody banging on about how it's not very nice when thousands or millions of people get killed. Blah blah bloody whining blah: so bloody what? Why can't they just look on the bright side? Matthew, have you ever suffered a blow to the head?
Ian, You did not delete my war poem, There are two threads on war poetry, Therefore you are not a douche bag after all.
I thought Platoon was a bore-a-fuck. So was Hamburger Hill. Just a bunch of guys rolling around a forest in the dark getting their limbs blown off.
How can you be pro-war. Anyone who is pro-war is douche bag. Oh yeah yeah the poor Afghanis. You want a war, why don't you go and fight in it? See how pro-war you are then.
