war wears heavy boots
stained by hatred;
the soles marking death --
in endless marches
and the laces knotted--
by the worry of peace
dragging sadly behind...
Author notes
Prompt: Boots
In a list
A contest entry
- Prompt by AliceinPoetryLand.
700 points, ended November 24, 2008, 9 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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The creativity in your personification of war is amazing, I do not know if I could ever write such a fantastic piece.
Carrie
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This is powerful and meaningful. I loved your message here, shown through super strong metaphor.
Your great, Bunny.
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Powerful imagery with your excellent metaphor. Outstanding "laces knotted--by the worry of peace dragging sadly behind." Congrats on the gold.
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Once again you show yourself to be a true metaphor-master, seeing the deeper application in mudane things.
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Wow! A truly gripping take on the prompt! Thank you so much for your entry
gaylene
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