War Cheers.

The birds were feasting
on mutilated remains,
maggots oozed,
from the ruptured veins,
as bodies piled high
of casualties with no names,
ripped flesh,
rancid smell,
guts mesh,
and visions right from hell,
the markings of fear,
written everywhere,
and songs about bombs
bursting in air,
as death hears,
all the war cheers.

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  • LoveDoctorGoodBye on May 28, 2010

    I like the title of this poem. Good use of imagery and figurative language. keep up the good work

  • yes me on May 28, 2010

    I don’t know if its a Dante scene or something of Joyce creeping from the descriptions of hell but it sure has that intense use of imagery again Frank…. hey! man it’s my bed T ha ha 00.55 great share cheers.

  • LoveDoctorGoodBye on May 28, 2010

    You’re the bomb! BBBBBBBBBB.. lol.

  • Ruby Hawk on May 28, 2010

    Your poem tells the true nature of war and what soldiers and citizens endure. It’s the saddest thing in the world.

  • Authoress Terry E. Lyle on May 28, 2010

    “OK I can puke now with your vivid images….otherwise the poem was great in the flow and content, and you being so good with the imagery made me nauseous” :) Maggots…yuck, yuck!!!

  • justmyname on May 28, 2010

    this is the first poem about non love theme i have ever read

  • Christine Ramsay on May 29, 2010

    This description reminds me of the Picazzo painting of Guernica. I once asked my pupils at school to write a poem about this painting and they came up with very similar language and imagery in their work. Well done.

    Christine

  • Jimmy Shilaho on May 29, 2010

    Simply great…will we ever stop fighting?

  • fishfry aka Elizabeth Figueroa on May 29, 2010

    Simply stated! Sad but true, there have been wars since the beginning of man kind, and it won’t ever end.

  • Emma Green on May 29, 2010

    Yet again, a poem with great imagery usage!

  • clay hurtubise on May 31, 2010

    Well, that got my day off to a positive start!
    Good job.
    Thanks,
    Clay

  • Authoress Terry E. Lyle on Jun 1, 2010

    Oops I came back again…..”Why,why,why” I didn’t need to visualize maggots again. :( good writing with yucky content. :)

  • stranger007 on Jun 3, 2010

    Great writing. I like this

  • jupiter2010 on Jun 3, 2010

    A good writing style and information is certainly useful. For all readers continue to write such excellent articles. Thank you.

  • bestone on Jun 4, 2010

    very good share

  • sasuke191 on Jun 6, 2010

    The poem is written very beautifully.. It captures the essence of war.

  • priyaa on Jun 6, 2010

    this is the frame captured poem including imaginary usage

  • priyaa on Jun 6, 2010

    this is the frame captured poem including imaginary usage

  • sara20 on Jun 7, 2010

    interesting subject for writing.

  • lillyrose on Jun 8, 2010

    I would love to read a short horror story from you. You have such an intense way of thought and the description is always second to non!

  • Roe2115 on Dec 12, 2010

    Awesome poem.

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