Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Patriotism

Men shooting at each other

Blowing Each Other Up

To make their country more powerful

To say they’re better

Leaving their families in fear

Wondering if they’re alive

Always moving, never standing still,

Always the fear of death

Always the fear of never seeing your loved ones again

Most hearts beat faster than ever

Some don’t beat at all

Is it worth it?

Sacrificing themselves, for what?More land?

Is it worth it? All the fear involved in war?

Just to be recognized as a brave soul?

Is it worth it? Of course it is.

7 comments:

Eric said...

This is pretty deep alex pretty deep. its like super deep. great poem

ALEX MAHONEY said...

ye thx man

theminpoes said...
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theminpoes said...

Nice poem... OK.... so...

Got my thoughts. AND READ THE WHOLE THING!; )

Great poem so far, but a few improvements could be made. I have a few tips for you to make the poem harder, better, faster, and stronger. And memorable, too. Perhaps you're being too casual right now. It's supposed to be a Rememberance Day poem, so it should have some kind of solemn tone.Like the one line: "Blowing each other up." That's a bit casual, don't you think? I understand what you're trying to say, that the people were cruelly shot and mines maybe blew them up, but consider this: if someone saw this poem, someone who knew somebody who had been blown up, someone close, what would they say? They would say that you should have put in that the soldiers were shot down or simply the fact that the bombs/mines blew up in their faces.

That's one point.

Take out all your periods. Please. It'll look better.

So you put in a great ending. Now we've clarified that, heres one simple tip. Split the lines up, so there's more intensity. Trust me, it'll look better. These are the lines:

Sacrificing themselves, for what? More land?
Is it worth it? All the fear involved in war?
Just to be recognized as a brave soul?
Is it worth it? Of course it is.

Consider this:

Sacrificing themselves, for what?
More land?
Is it worth it?
All the fear involved in war?
Just to be recognized as a brave soul?
Is it worth it?
Of course it is.

It may look a bit weird, but it worked for me.

Great poem, though. you really expressed yourself in a way. I liked the last few lines, asking questions, then finishing with "Of course it is." So, just make all improvements possible, and the poem will be great!

ALEX MAHONEY said...

thanks purmboy :)
im gonna use this one

theminpoes said...

Hey Alex, "purm"'s spelled perm. SO HAHAHAHA.


Hee Hee.

ALEX MAHONEY said...

haha ok
but i changed the poem.
how is it??