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WWI
World War I 100th anniversary
The one to end all other ones
When chivalry fell to industry
Where from the skies death rained
From Zeppelins and aero planes
When thousands died from chemicals
And many thousands more
Where ripped by flying shrapnel
No war was like this before
And no wars would ever
Be the same, hence forth
Published 19th Apr 2015
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19th Apr 2015 8:23pm
Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory ... Classic film. Thanks for ringing the bell for me on this.
19th Apr 2015 11:49pm
14th Jun 2015 2:07pm
I will just add that Kubrick film is amazing! I always found WW2 to be more of an "interesting" war, but completely different from WW1 - technologically speaking.
15th Jun 2015 2:57am
The War to end all wars was the dawn of industrialized killing. WWII was that killing industry in full throttle.
Thanks drunkenplaywords for your insightful input.
Thanks drunkenplaywords for your insightful input.
17th Jun 2015 00:03am
I never seen my maternal grandfather
and my paternal grandfather got shot twice
before he was sent home both times on the
front line he never lived very long but I
do remember him vaguely yeah war
I can think of war and get puzzled by how
did they sucker the soldiers in so easy
but its still happening its the only job
a young man can get except to be a cop
and my paternal grandfather got shot twice
before he was sent home both times on the
front line he never lived very long but I
do remember him vaguely yeah war
I can think of war and get puzzled by how
did they sucker the soldiers in so easy
but its still happening its the only job
a young man can get except to be a cop
19th Nov 2015 7:46pm
ww1 - a war so full of war crimes it would be hard to prosecute so many guilty parties - very, very sad :-(
excellent poem, direct and to the point :-)
excellent poem, direct and to the point :-)
