Wars Not Of Their Making

Our boys were sent to foreign lands
to fight wars not of their making
Many never came back home
their mothers’ hearts still aching

In battlefields they morphed into men
their innocence now squandered
Forever altered when they returned
because they went over yonder

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Published at Spillwords for Veteran’s Day on November 11, 2021.

Linked to SammiScribbles Weekend Writing Prompt #202 — “Yonder” where this weekend the challenge is to write a poem of exactly 44 words.

Quadrille: A poetic form consisting of exactly 44 words, including a prompt word: Quadrille Defined in a Quadrille

12 thoughts on “Wars Not Of Their Making”

  1. War and the pity of war. When will we learn? And when will we learn to understand those who come back? A poem that touches the heart of this.

  2. Wonderful distilling of a quadrille into a haiku into the horrible essence of war. The cost is never worth what is gained 99% of the time.

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