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by doodlethenoodle on November 5th, 2007

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Have you ever written any poems about peace/war or do you know some good ones? will you please post them?

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  • by wander-er-er the vulcanologist on November 5th, 2007

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    This is by WH Auden. He's my favorite poet.

    Epitaph on a Tyrant
    Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
    And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
    He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
    And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
    When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
    And when he cried the little children died in the streets.

    Also, I remembered the quote, "To save your world you asked this man to die, could he see you now would he ask why?" though I can't remember what it came from. It is something he wrote, but I can't find my poetry book right now.

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