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Neopoem Of The Week September 4th To September 10th 2022

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What is the Plan?

What is the plan?
How do we find it?
Is it something for you?
Is there some way to hide it?
As the day falls to night, sun below the horizon.
Awakening the moon, to illuminate the dark.
Once a busy place, busy no more.
A street full of life, dead, nothing more.
Fire burning violent, the cold chased away.
A man lay lifeless, starting to decay.
Gunfire, grenades, no plan to stay.
Safe from the war, no plan for the poor.
Generals and gavels, decisions to be made.
The life of a soldier, is forever to change.
Turn over the dead, shoot all the living.
A man lay lifeless, starting to decay.
Civilians rise up, answering the call.
Prisoners of war, stood against a wall.
Times have now changed, lock all the doors.
Batten down the hatches, now we're at war.
Birds now bullets, fly through the air.
Cars are now bombs, waiting to explode.
What is the plan?
Now we know what.
They want to take you,
Just have to fight it.

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Direction: How was my language use?
Is the internal logic consistent?

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: South Australia, AUS

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Comments

Lavender

Lavender

2 years 9 months ago

What is the Plan?

Greetings, Herbert,
I believe this is your first poem here, and you bring much to think over. I feel the despair and frustration, and also the shock of it all and the disgust in the reality. For me, this piece may be about actual war, but it also could be about the world in general.
May I ask - "no play to stay...no play for the poor." Could you mean "plan" instead of "play"?
Thank you, and welcome aboard.
Lavender

Ray Whitaker

Ray Whitaker

2 years 9 months ago

Welcome to Neopoet!

interesting piece you have. somewhat sad to contemplate, and a necessary realism.

Nice to see another "Whitaker" here on Neo. I see you are from Australia, I'm in the USA. Could we be cousins somehow, way back?

Ray