Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
Sunday, April 16, 2017

2 Poems On Contention Comments

Rating: 4.7

Shelled

But for a contretemps,
the war
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Douglas Scotney
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Brian Taylor 25 February 2019

This is a great poem.

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Michael Walker 27 January 2019

An intriguing poem about different worlds, different universes.

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Bharati Nayak 12 December 2018

We are living in a world where you can buy half a pound of hazelnuts and half a pound of filberts and come out of the shop with packets of different nuts. In other words, we are living in another universe. - - - - - - A beautiful write- - -Weapons can be used both for attack or for defence.Fault does not lie with the weapon, but the user.Why should we resort to war without trying peaceful means to find a solution?

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Lyn Paul 12 December 2018

Superb write you have shared with us all. Incredibly interesting. Thank you

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Edward Kofi Louis 12 December 2018

Shelled! ! Confusion! Thanks for sharing.

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Tom Allport 12 December 2018

A poem of conflicting outcomes? That I suspect all end up in tears and crushed nuts! .......well penned Douglas

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Anil Kumar Panda 12 December 2018

A beautiful poem on how we are living through controversies. Very well crafted. Congrats.

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Prabir Gayen 12 December 2018

Good poem with strong emotion underneath... congratulation for poem of the day.

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Mahtab Bangalee 12 December 2018

bomb, weapon, war plaintiff disputatious country to country open secret superpower agree disagree and the orphan peace - oh hoho - promiscuous and wanton love just a body - chest and back bakes under secret sun-moon ..../// greatly written

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Bernard F. Asuncion 12 December 2018

Douglas, such a well penned poem. Congrats for being chosen......10++++++++++++++

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Paul Warren 16 April 2017

Most times in the end it's hard to tell the good from the bad. The main point I suppose is winning. Hitler was evil then should we have bombed Dreaden. Then today who gases who is an interesting question.

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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