Hereby Resolved
In times of war we long for unity.
In times of unity we welcome peace.
Remember peace in times of war.
Remember those who don’t come home.
For every one we hold a place
forever in or broken hearts.
Resolve to not repeat that pain.
Resolve their loss be not in vain.
This is my response to A little repetition, the prompt from Sarah at dVerse ~ Poets Pub, which asks us to write a poem in which there is a form of repetition, specifically anaphora.
As Sarah reminds us (per Wikipedia), anaphora is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis.
Also shared with Day 5 at napowrimo.net.
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Beautiful! And relevant always.
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Thank you.
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Amen to this!
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❤
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May we stay true to learning the good lessons. Thanks for sharing.
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We can hope. Thank you, Selma.
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It feels so needed at the moment. Such horrors happening around us.
I like the way you use the repetition here in the paired couplets. It gives a very nice shape to the poem.
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Thank you, Sarah.
And, thank you for the prompt.
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A beautiful plea, Ken, and well-crafted. I wish the powers that be would listen.
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Thank you, Merril.
Those powers that be probably shutter their windows and draw the drapes when they hear songbirds in the morning.
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Probably!
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I enjoyed your poem, Ken ….. be well.
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Thank you, Helen.
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If only seems to be my response to everyone’s heartfelt sorrow these days. How is it that so few control the outcomes? (K)
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Nicely done Ken, carries the theme so strongly.
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Thank you, Paul.
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I like the format you chose using the repetition in couplets. A refreshing take on the prompt. You would think by now, we would have all evolved to maintain peace and its just so unacceptable that the cold heart of one can create so much devastation.
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Thank you.
Agreed. And right now we have a cold heart bent on destruction.
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“Remember peace in times of war,”… yes.. this is incredibly hard-hitting and poignant, Ken!
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Thank you, Sanaa.
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LATE to the reading and to the posting! And then I found this….so relevant to our times and so well done!
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😀 Thank you, Lillian.
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