Donations are essential to keep Write Out Loud going    

Recent Comments

Hugh on Pensioners suffer a death sentence !!!
1 hour ago

Marla Joy on Gracefully
3 hours ago

Marla Joy on The Doughnut She Couldn't Eat
3 hours ago

Marla Joy on K. Lynn
3 hours ago

Marla Joy on Frank Pasciuti, Ph.D.
4 hours ago

Marla Joy on Intruder
4 hours ago

Beatrice on Why not
4 hours ago

Marla Joy on Admonitions for an emerging poet
5 hours ago

Beatrice on Black & Blue
5 hours ago

TobaniNataiella on Close Escape
5 hours ago

It Is Nothing

But one single bullet, from barrel to throat,
Choked and opened the wounds of the world,
Unfurled in the seat of a phaeton,
Played on like the most tragic of tragedies,
Greek in essence but eastern in substance,
As Sophie wilts in the lap of Austria,
A single shot through the heart of a continent,
The blood racing fast to the carriage beneath,
Signals the start of relentless war lines,
It...

Read and leave comments (0)

assassinationdeathpoemremembrancesoldierwarworld war oneWW1WWI

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message