JamieMcK2001
Never ending (poem below)
During 2017 I lived in Sochi in Russia for 6 months and watched the "Victory Day" parade which commemorates the defeat of Hitler and the Nazis. There was no big show of military equipment as is typical of the parade in Moscow. It was mainly families marching to honor those relatives who served and died in the war. Watching the parade inspired the poem below.
With Putin acting much like Hitler in attacking the Ukraine, it is a shame that so many will die on both sides. There is no honor to be found for Russians in this horrible criminal act. It is shameful.
This month's issue of the Question Mark asks . . .
Oh, you Masters of War
Where have all the flowers gone?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.
questioning.org/Jun2024/mastersofwar.html
Hear me read this poem from 2017 on YouTube at youtu.be/I61Knre6ijE
Never ending
Each war begins
It seems
With celebration
Cheers
And fanfare
The promise of a quick victory
Death to the Hun!
The Nazi!
The zealot on the other side
An end to tyranny
An end to war altogether
The triumph of our side
Against their side
With God’s blessing
A chance for young men
And young women
To taste glory
Show courage
And win medals
But each war lies
Breaks promises
Maims
And lasts far too long
Each war takes the husbands
From wives
Wives from husbands
Mothers and fathers
From children
Each war takes away the young
Before their time
Kills dreams
Destroys hope
And plants new seeds
For wars to come
We cannot escape
It seems
As time and again
Destiny beckons
Parades begin
Flags fly proudly
And trumpets sound the call to arms
As sons and daughters heed the call
And once again
We go marching
Marching
Happily marching
Off to war
© Jamie McKenzie, all rights reserved
You will find more of my poems and songs here
and in The Storm in Its Passing and Flights of Fancy.
My songs are at
Never ending (poem below)
During 2017 I lived in Sochi in Russia for 6 months and watched the "Victory Day" parade which commemorates the defeat of Hitler and the Nazis. There was no big show of military equipment as is typical of the parade in Moscow. It was mainly families marching to honor those relatives who served and died in the war. Watching the parade inspired the poem below.
With Putin acting much like Hitler in attacking the Ukraine, it is a shame that so many will die on both sides. There is no honor to be found for Russians in this horrible criminal act. It is shameful.
This month's issue of the Question Mark asks . . .
Oh, you Masters of War
Where have all the flowers gone?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.
questioning.org/Jun2024/mastersofwar.html
Hear me read this poem from 2017 on YouTube at youtu.be/I61Knre6ijE
Never ending
Each war begins
It seems
With celebration
Cheers
And fanfare
The promise of a quick victory
Death to the Hun!
The Nazi!
The zealot on the other side
An end to tyranny
An end to war altogether
The triumph of our side
Against their side
With God’s blessing
A chance for young men
And young women
To taste glory
Show courage
And win medals
But each war lies
Breaks promises
Maims
And lasts far too long
Each war takes the husbands
From wives
Wives from husbands
Mothers and fathers
From children
Each war takes away the young
Before their time
Kills dreams
Destroys hope
And plants new seeds
For wars to come
We cannot escape
It seems
As time and again
Destiny beckons
Parades begin
Flags fly proudly
And trumpets sound the call to arms
As sons and daughters heed the call
And once again
We go marching
Marching
Happily marching
Off to war
© Jamie McKenzie, all rights reserved
You will find more of my poems and songs here
and in The Storm in Its Passing and Flights of Fancy.
My songs are at