South African Drums
Do you hear those drums my boy, asked a father of his son,
They are the drums of Chaka, gathering each and every one;
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P O W E R F U L Alf - well done my friend. Lest Blood River be forgotten .....Really awesome and written, a feeling I get, that once started it flowed like the blood of that battle.10+ for you
This is an incredibly uplifting write Alf...excellent tribute to this battle...10+++
Alf, this is an excellent poem written well, it flows, it rhymes, to has good rythmn. As to its content, Wars are seldom just, and are fought to gain land or more resources. In them many people die, there are celebrations of victory, and memorials to the dead. They do not promote, friendship between races and nationalities and in the case of Blood River it has promoted a distance, a separation, and the superiority of one, which is still prevalent today in South Africa.