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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONFLICT, by FRANCIS REGINALD SCOTT First Line: When I see the falling bombs Last Line: To make a thousand roads converge? Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, F. R. Subject(s): Evil; Good; Soldiers; War | |||
When I see the falling bombs Then I see defended homes. Men above and men below Die to save the good they know. Through the wrong the bullets prove Shows the bravery of love. Pro and con have single stem Half a truth dividing them. Between the dagger and the breast The bond is stronger than the beast. Prison, ghetto, flag and gun Mark the craving for the One. Persecution's cruel mouth Shows a twisted love of truth. Deeper than the rack and rope Lies the double human hope. My good, your good, good we seek Though we turn no other cheek. He who slays and he who's slain Like in purpose, like in pain. Who shall bend to single plan The narrow sacrifice of man? Find the central human urge To make a thousand roads converge? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS DEDICATION by FRANCIS REGINALD SCOTT |
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