Stephanie Posted 18 July , 2006 Share Posted 18 July , 2006 This is a poem I wrote for a school competition, and it won me the History prize! Bloody Blessings Blood-stained roses, Waving in the dark atmosphere, Where a mist of fear intoxicates lungs, Choking, coughing and slowly dieing, Faces fall to the muddy corpses at their feet. Visions occur in front of the sorrowed eye, pushing the truth out the trench a letter drops to the muddy floor as the ink cries down the paper in shame. the bright stars light up the sky as “thunder” deafens the ears. I hope you get this my love. You taunt and hit me, Shaking but with not the shell-shock, the fire of your gun kills my confidence. This pain is immense. It feels as if all the bones in my body are cracked. There is no control of destiny, however hard I will not be swayed. Wounds may be healed in time, but scars are carried for a lifetime. Suddenly I’m there. Right on the front line, I fire, fire, fire BANG! The trigger is pulled and he falls to the ground, Slowly he collapses with no more than a whimper. I tremble and stutter. Stagger back into my bed, Of rats and stale food. I try to tear my filthy skin off, Burn these monsters, these demons from my body. Is there anything good here? Is there any hope at all? I seem to doubt it, As I fall, I fall. You have left me here with these roses beside me and a garden full of dead flowers. COPYRIGHT Stephanie Forster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 18 July , 2006 Share Posted 18 July , 2006 Have you entered it in our monthly Forum Competition? Very poignant keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted 18 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2006 No, but i'd love to, how do I go about doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 18 July , 2006 Share Posted 18 July , 2006 In the War Art section go to "July MGWAT" & just post it there! Bon Chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 18 July , 2006 Share Posted 18 July , 2006 Bon chance indeed, Steph! Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustine Posted 18 July , 2006 Share Posted 18 July , 2006 Steph...very powerful and moving, with some incredible imagery (especially the line about the crying ink). Easily as good as most published poetry I've read. I hope you'll pursue poetry further, as you seem to have a real gift for it. I agree that you should enter your poem in this month's forum competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 20 July , 2006 Share Posted 20 July , 2006 Steph, go on, enter it in the July MGWAT (monthly great war art topic). Just post it in this thread LINK. You can enter artwork poems prose or photos. I think this deserves an entry...well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted 20 July , 2006 Author Share Posted 20 July , 2006 Thanks Spike and all, just entered it. Hope its not too late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landsturm Posted 20 July , 2006 Share Posted 20 July , 2006 Hope its not too late! It's not the title changes every month... you have all the time until the 31st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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