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#worldwar
Only when we have felt, even once, the clawed caress of strife, do we value the soft warm hand of peaceful days in our life. Give me boredom and humdrum over adventure and interesting times; a quiet corner in a calm house to write and edit my rhymes. Oh, war has driven the pen stroke and sorrow versed in the bomb strike, but I’d rather read all about it in a book and only imagine what it’s like, than breathe the smoke of burning - the death scent of a home. I do not need to personally bleed to scratch out a war-time poem. Better to write of cows and apples, than Flanders field and poppies; to write of a Luve like a red, red rose, than a requiem for the Croppies; and though the poet much values his words I’ll bet that each war-torn bard would’ve chosen to write first hand in the soft than ink pain in the trench of the hard.
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Feb 25
Feb 25, 2026 at 3:06 AM UTC
Better to Write of Cows and Apples
If you want to be a true influencer you should put in some actual work ****** the Archduke of Austria and his wife The Duchess of Hohenberg Gavrilo Princip did not have many followers He did not have any discount codes for his online store He had a simple dream to break off Austria-Hungary's South Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Yugoslavia, and instead he started a world war If you want to influence society for centuries to come Stop being a coward posting vacation pics online Go out and get yourself a gun
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Jan 7, 2021
Jan 7, 2021 at 7:02 PM UTC
Influencer
The world  is sleeping with gun  under its pillow, dreaming of fantasies to efface sorrows. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. The world  is sleeping in terror. This is the coldest war  of the year.
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Apr 6, 2020
Apr 6, 2020 at 4:35 AM UTC
World is Sold
I know not with what weapons World War 3 will  be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with seals and deals. OR DO I SAY I know not with what weapons World War 4 will be fought, but World War 5 will be fought from Mars and Venus.
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Jan 9, 2020
Jan 9, 2020 at 1:41 PM UTC
WORLD WAR
Dear Charlie, Don’t worry about me, I am doing all alright Today I ate a Rhubarb custard pie Like mom used to cook when we would’ve cried Or when we finished eating dinner late in the night Then, we played "Beat Your Neighbor Out Of Doors" And we wagered collectible cigarette packs I have won a Lucky strike just like yours So I exchange it for a bugles and dots snack Later, we listened to the radio Everyone knew: “It's a Long Way to Tipperary" I looked at some memorable photos Even the one with grandpa who stayed temporarily Finishing the day, I read the book you gave me Looking at the sky, reminiscing our memories At the end of the day, I cherish you greatly So, little brother, don’t worry about me
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Mar 22, 2019
Mar 22, 2019 at 3:37 AM UTC
Dear Charlie
In the ***** fields the red plant glows Shining bright row by rows Highlighting our opiates blight Soldier by soldier I save tonight Ease their pain do it right For they may stray towards the light
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Mar 8, 2019
Mar 8, 2019 at 1:38 PM UTC
Pain killer
The tiny soldier Scream and angers came into my life Run as fast as you can to survive Blurred vision and smoke in the sky There is nothing I can do but cry The promise of coming back will be broken in small piece All the memories gone in a blank space When my family will come to me and see Rest In Peace I would not let them with disgrace “Dale, straight line , they are approaching” Keep a hushed tone while crawling Trenches are falling and no more safe henceforth I have no longer faith Not a feeling, no more pain Like a flower laying on the rain Blood dropping without time spend I will only see darkness before it ends
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Jan 18, 2019
Jan 18, 2019 at 9:44 AM UTC
The tiny soldier
Wet mud and soil and in the fray, in the barrage of bullets, He stands triumphantly. His allies are dead, His family are lost to him. Behind him a flag waves and Between the stripes and stars, Splatters of blood soak the cloth. Over the ocean, they hold the flag high. For as the father of their country sits in an office young men and woman die for him. The flag of red, blue and white. A symbol of patriotism to some. To others though, The flag waves blood, suffocation and bone. Even those that hold it high. For as the saliva of the war-hungry man Drips from his lips, And as the rotten words sprout from his pungent tongue, Soldiers die with guns at their hips And now the clock with hands on 12 is finally rung.
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Jul 13, 2018
Jul 13, 2018 at 2:44 PM UTC
Patriotism and death
"Brothers will fight one another and **** one another. Cousins will break peace with one another. The world will be a hard place to live in. "…an age of the axe, an age of the sword, an age of storms, an age of wolves. Shields will be cloven." Brothers fought one another and killed one another. Cousins broke peace with one another. The world was a hard place to live in. But this is no battlefield of gods and men Nor triumph over fell beast and the splitting of shields. This is the exploding shell down cobbled streets of old; of thatched roofs ablaze,   the ashen ruin of hearth and abode; The weeping eye of Theotokos in Ragnarǫk’s gaze. Two decades before; football on Christmas morn’. 'Stille Nacht' from the trench, that soothing tune. Giving of gifts and handshakes And smiles in between, When it first dawned upon you: You were brothers.
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Jan 12, 2018
Jan 12, 2018 at 10:18 AM UTC
Ragnarǫk Down Church Street
Rio Olympics No more fun and games, Olympics in Rio, to get ready for the games, they cleared out the barrios, where does tomorrow go, once it’s gone, from expectation to memory, along with the setting sun, Son, you don’t know me, allow me to introduce myself, I’m Aaron Lux I’m a writer, and I believe knowledge is wealth, stealth lover yes, not a stealth fighter jet, because if you ask me how we can stop ISIS, I’ll say let’s release the Happy Mist, they’ll just call it Happy Clouds, serious as a heart attack with Cirrus clouds of Happy Mist, or better yet, Nimbus clouds, and citrus sounds, our reigns begun, this is a flood not trickle down, no more fun and games, Olympics in Rio to get ready for the games, they cleared out the barrios, where does tomorrow go, once it’s gone, from expectation to memory, along with the setting sun, and speaking of sun, we are live at the Apollo, like the Greek God of the same name, trying to fill all theses hearts we meet that are hollow, hello, do you want something to believe in, well how about world peace, for the people and the planet that we live on, honestly, and that is why when I see war, I don’t think the only way to stop it is violence, because if you fight fire with fire then you’ll burn the whole world down, and I’m an eager volunteer fire fighter that’s first in and a final finalist, where is the Happy Mist, let’s cover the gun smoke with love soak, let’s saturate the masses maybe then they won’t be so classless, and let’s write down this idea before we forget it in our deep pocketbook… ∆ Aaron LA Lux ∆
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Aug 24, 2016
Aug 24, 2016 at 1:34 PM UTC
+ Rio Olympics +
Rio Olympics No more fun and games, Olympics in Rio, to get ready for the games, they cleared out the barrios, where does tomorrow go, once it’s gone, from expectation to memory, along with the setting sun, Son, you don’t know me, allow me to introduce myself, I’m Aaron Lux I’m a writer, and I believe knowledge is wealth, stealth lover yes, not a stealth fighter jet, because if you ask me how we can stop ISIS, I’ll say let’s release the Happy Mist, they’ll just call it Happy Clouds, serious as a heart attack with Cirrus clouds of Happy Mist, or better yet, Nimbus clouds, and citrus sounds, our reigns begun, this is a flood not trickle down, no more fun and games, Olympics in Rio to get ready for the games, they cleared out the barrios, where does tomorrow go, once it’s gone, from expectation to memory, along with the setting sun, and speaking of sun, we are live at the Apollo, like the Greek God of the same name, trying to fill all theses hearts we meet that are hollow, hello, do you want something to believe in, well how about world peace, for the people and the planet that we live on, honestly, and that is why when I see war, I don’t think the only way to stop it is violence, because if you fight fire with fire then you’ll burn the whole world down, and I’m an eager volunteer fire fighter that’s first in and a final finalist, where is the Happy Mist, let’s cover the gun smoke with love soak, let’s saturate the masses maybe then they won’t be so classless, and let’s write down this idea before we forget it in our deep pocketbook… ∆ Aaron LA Lux ∆
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He’s gone away forever, Mother says he’ll be back soon, But it’s going to be just like dad. He’s been away since June. It’s hard to hold back tears When mother speaks his name I falter upon telling her That he’ll never be back again The night before he went He sat down by my bed “You take good care of mother” That’s the last thing that he said. He went to war out of hatred Which blurred his sense of love For those he held so sacred. And now he sits above.
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Jun 24, 2015
Jun 24, 2015 at 8:08 PM UTC
Gone Forever