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Taverner

(55,476 posts) Sun Dec 30, 2012, 05:23 PM Dec 2012

There are no flags in heaven [View all]

There are no flags in heaven
No signs of empires great
No flags of generals or kings
No presidents of nation states

There are no uniforms in paradise
No guns of steel and lead
No bombs that kill a thousand
No scores of victims dead

There are no yellow ribbons
In heaven high above
There are no soldiers no leaders
Nothing binding us but love

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There are no flags in heaven [View all] Taverner Dec 2012 OP

Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try NightWatcher Dec 2012 #1

I'm an atheist Taverner Dec 2012 #2

You wrote it? tama Dec 2012 #11

Thanks :) Taverner Dec 2012 #12

This is my hope too. Control-Z Dec 2012 #8

See, right here is a great example of how modern Americans just can't do rhyming poetry - downandoutnow Dec 2012 #3

LOL Taverner Dec 2012 #4

Well, aren't you freaking special? (nt) Control-Z Dec 2012 #5

LOL n/t OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #10

That's a quite nice dactylic pentameter aka hemiepes there :) nt tama Dec 2012 #13

How do you find pentameter in that? 5 feet - I count only 3 - downandoutnow Dec 2012 #14

To be more exact, just hemiepes tama Dec 2012 #17

Took a moment to fix it for you! downandoutnow Dec 2012 #6

Thank you - I should have studied rules of verse Taverner Dec 2012 #7

You're welcome! downandoutnow Dec 2012 #9

As a professional poet and poetry teacher I'd like to add nolabear Dec 2012 #15

+1000 (nt) Control-Z Dec 2012 #16