Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WAR, by DONALD BYRON WILSON


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WAR, by                    
First Line: Screaming shells, whining lead
Last Line: More is lost than can ever be won.
Subject(s): Death; Trumpets; War; Dead, The


Screaming shells, whining lead,
Bellowing mines, heaps of dead,
Flags wave, trumpets blast,
No quarter given, no quarter asked.

Earth all torn, buildings rent,
Life is gone, millions spent,
Piles of wreckage, rivers of blood,
Mangled bodies buried in mud.

Death's grim shadow lurks overhead,
Looking down on the dying and dead,
What is the gain? There is none,
More is lost than can ever be won.





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