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Scenes From A War: A Poem

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May 04, 2026
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Scenes From A War

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

In the sky fly seven birds,
And the sun has sunk by thirds
Into a sea, boiling red,
Where the blood of sailors shed,
In a clash of wooden ships,
Has soaked the waves’ frothing lips.

On the tree-furred mountainside,
Where the pine-boughs soldiers hide:
Musketmen in crested caps,
A…

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