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Amidst the foliaged soil, Vietnam,
Vietcong guerrillas barricade,
Beneath the ground the tunnels swam.

The nickel silver shine of moons,
Whose deathly flying pellets dart,
But death is real amongst platoons,
The stench, I draw in breathless art.

Vietnam back in sixty four,
And sixty five, uncloak the dead,
The phantoms scythe, exist in war,
Proclaiming death its swiftness bled.

In heated battle far from home,
Your love explodes my hearts desire,
Entombed with shrapnel's falling dome,
My love remains in this expire.
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Missing in action

Contributed by Wesley_Dale_Willis on Sunday, 15th February 2004 @ 11:14:37 AM in AEST
Topic: war

The jungle where Americans fade,
Amidst the foliaged soil, Vietnam,
Vietcong guerrillas barricade,
Beneath the ground the tunnels swam.

The nickel silver shine of moons,
Whose deathly flying pellets dart,
But death is real amongst platoons,
The stench, I draw in breathless art.

Vietnam back in sixty four,
And sixty five, uncloak the dead,
The phantoms scythe, exist in war,
Proclaiming death its swiftness bled.

In heated battle far from home,
Your love explodes my hearts desire,
Entombed with shrapnel's falling dome,
My love remains in this expire.

Copyright © Wesley_Dale_Willis ... [ 2004-02-15 11:14:37]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Missing in action (User Rating: 1 )
by loveisendless on Sunday, 15th February 2004 @ 03:48:19 PM AEST
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HOW TRUE I AGREE WITH YOU! IT SEEMS<br /> THAT IN WAR MEN & WOMEN,ARE JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF MEAT! KICK ASS!!<br /> DAN!!!

Re: Missing in action (User Rating: 1 )
by rie on Monday, 16th February 2004 @ 03:08:30 PM AEST
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wow, i can't tell you how much this touched me
leaves me speechless

Re: Missing in action (User Rating: 1 )
by venkat on Tuesday, 17th February 2004 @ 07:45:20 AM AEST
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"phantoms scythe" "love explodes" "desire entombed"...Good images..So much truth and tragedy is there..well written..thanks for sharing. venkat

Re: Missing in action (User Rating: 1 )
by emystar on Tuesday, 17th February 2004 @ 08:16:58 PM AEST
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Wwo!
a fine tribute.
Very good write.
luv, huggs,
emy
thanks u so much for your comment on my work.

Re: Missing in action (User Rating: 1 )
by Broken-glass on Saturday, 21st February 2004 @ 01:25:07 PM AEST
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Very emotive, I'm in awe of your poems. I want to read a lot more of them. Keep them coming! Broken-glass

Re: Missing in action (User Rating: 1 )
by Wrybod on Wednesday, 25th February 2004 @ 07:12:40 PM AEST
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One word makes me think you were there.

I survived the blitzes in 1940 and 41 and spent many days as an auxilliary fireman
on rescue and recovery work and later in the RAF saw sevice in Malaya.

The word that brings it all back is "stench"

Newsreels are sanitised heroic misrepresentations of the sordid reality .

You come as close as words alone can.

bob

Re: Missing in action (User Rating: 1 )
by Steeleyes on Thursday, 26th February 2004 @ 06:25:26 AM AEST
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Very good Wesley. No doubt Vietnamese poets are also extolling the bravery of their men in taking on and defeating the overwhelming technology, economic and political power of America. They died selflessly in their hundreds of thousands. This is as it should be. War is murder by another name. Good work!

Re: Missing in action (User Rating: 1 )
by Lionel on Saturday, 28th February 2004 @ 12:21:59 PM AEST
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You went to Nam out of love,
love of your kindred kind:
a harsh wind blowing at your back
from the "exemptees" staying behind.

Good poem,
Lionel

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