So they’ve voted for our safety to go to war
And the dead are walking the land once more
And the dead are standing again at the door
Standing there, looking, waiting once more
They were the ones who went before to the war
Now they’re standing waiting for the ones
Going where they’ve been so many times before
Waiting, waiting for the dead to return once more.
And the dead are standing again at the door
Standing there looking, waiting once more.
©robcullen2016Resistance Poetry
Verse as Commentary
Written by
Rob Cullen
Rob Cullen artist, writer, poet. Rob runs “Voices on the Bridge” a poetry initiative in Wales. Walks hills and mountains daily with a sheep dog at his side.
So moving, so evocative of that great tragedy
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Rosie I’m republishing poetry published in Resistance Poetry with Medium Review which I hear is changing copyright rules…day before Sally Spedding sent me glorious comment on FB for a poem published in the Atlanta Review. Two in a matter of days!!! Stay strong Rosie…
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