Watch yourself new soldier
your rifle o'er your back,
never slacken vigliance,
we're very near attack.
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Awe stricken I’m… ‘if a bullet hits you suddenly/your mother falls apart’...Yeah Moms are tike that…so much fixed to kids…nicely worded…thanks for sharing Ms. Nivedita UK 10/10
If this is an attempt to do a Wilfred Owen, it fails. Why not 'over' instead of 'o'er'? It is a stupid device to bring in such stupid and pointless language into something that is supposed to be a modern poem. As a result it ruins the whole poem which, though overall, is weak. The last stanza shows imagination and potential for developing a whole new poem. But not like this! .
A lovely heartwarming poem, nice read. Wendy.x