John Davidson

John Davidson

Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Friday, January 3, 2003

War Song Comments

Rating: 2.6

In anguish we uplift
A new unhallowed song:
The race is to the swift;
The battle to the strong.
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MARC RADZYNER 02 September 2019

POEM REMINISCENT OF Children Of Darkness BY JOAN BAEZ

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The rulers cry aloud, " We cannot cancel war, The end and shroud Of wrongs the worst abhor,

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Jane Pinkerton 13 April 2014

A poem that displays the horrors of war & comes to the conclusion that it is futile & creates an even more broken society than the the one that tried to repair wrongs with sending man to battle. The last line states it is not God's wish...

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Ron Flowers 12 May 2008

You've captured the horrers of war. Thanks for sharing it. I hope you will read my poem 'War No More.'

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John Davidson

John Davidson

Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
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