Saturday, August 15, 2009
A War Flower Comments
Rating: ★2.7
They took all the flowers
and taught them how to shoot guns;
the tulips learned to emit poison gas
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7/30/2025 10:53:45 AM # 1.0.0
Lonnie, this is a great poem. Remiscent of some of the best poems from the anti-(Vietnam) war work. The use of flowers as a metaphor is great as it gives the poem a multi-layered approach (horticulture being a popular metaphor for poetry) . i'm not sure that the last line works as it seems to be a repetition. But an impressive piece indeed.