Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com - Read, Rate, Comment on, or Submit Poetry. Browse Poetry Forums, or just enjoy other parts of our poetic community.
One of the largest databases of poetry on the net, now over 198,500+ poems!
Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com    Poems On Site: 198,500+   Comments On Poems: 427,000+   Forum Posts: 105,000+
Custom Search
  Welcome ! Home  ·  FAQ  ·  Topics  ·  Web Links  ·  Your Account  ·  Submit Poetry  ·  Top 30  ·  OldSite Link 10-November 03:18:47 AEST  
  Menu
  Home
· Micks Shop
· Our eBay Store· Error Submit
 Poetry
· Submit Poetry
· Least Read Poems
· Topics
· Members Listing
· Old Site Post 2001
· Old Site Pre 2001
· Poetry Archive
· Public Domain Poetry
 Stories
· Stories (NEW ! )
· Submit Story
· Story Topics
· Stories Archive
· Story Search
  Community
· Our Poetry Forums
· Our Arcade
100's of Games !

  Site Help
· FAQ
· Feedback

  Members Areas
· Your Account
· Members Journals
· Premium Sign-Up
  Premium Section
· Special Section
· Premium Poems
· Premium Submit
· Premium Search
· Premium Top
· Premium Archive
· Premium Topics
 Fun & Games

· Jokes
· Bubble Puzzle
· ConnectN
· Cross Word
· Cross Word Easy
· Drag Puzzle
· Word Hunt
 Reference
· Dictionary
· Dictionary (Rhyming)
· Site Updates
· Content
· Special Content
 Search
· Search
· Web Links
· All Links
 Top
· Top 30
  Help This Site
· Donations
 Others
· Recipes
· Moderators
Our Other Sites
· Embroidery Design Store
· Your Jokes
· Special Urls
· JM Embroideries
· Public Domain Poetry and Stories
· Diamond Dotz
· Cooking Info and Recipes
· Quoof - Australian Story

  Social

The Soldiers Pass

Contributed by needledancing on Saturday, 26th May 2007 @ 12:35:40 PM in AEST
Topic: war




Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting




Pieces of our life fitting together like a jigsaw puzzle
reminding us how fragmented we can be.
Time dances through space carrying us like a wind blown chime.
In the mist of all tragedy lie our rays of hope.
Our memories feed us like a wounded hungry beast of survival.
Who chooses the marching soldiers who shall protect us?
How gallant and glowing he now marches as he guards our future gate.
Farewell my brave sons, I will sleep the motherless sleep of all my sisters.




Copyright © needledancing ... [ 2007-05-26 12:35:40]
(Date/Time posted on site)





Advertisments:






Previous Posted Poem         | |         Next Posted Poem


 
Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more
All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title etc.
Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by Crow on Saturday, 26th May 2007 @ 01:19:12 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
this is just excellent, we think many times of the warriors, we should of the mothers an loved ones left behind..Vincent


Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by deadheadpoet on Saturday, 26th May 2007 @ 03:28:18 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
OMG that picture at the Wall. Haunting. I hate war. I wish there was no such thing. I don't understand all the fighting and the hatred. I cannot imagine my son ever going off to war. What horror that must be for a Mother. I saw a bumper sticker today on a car that read "Half of my heart is in Iraq". Made me teary eyed as your poem did and the pic.
Much peace,
Laura


Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Sunday, 27th May 2007 @ 01:31:40 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
that picture gave me chills; on mothers day a lady near me was greeted at the door with news of her sons death. i hug my own sons and cannot wrap my mind around life without either of them, my young cousins husband was just sent back to iraq, i hate war. i do however love the talented poetess who penned this heartbreaking compassionate poem,

love n' hugs nessa

roses


Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Sunday, 27th May 2007 @ 02:21:27 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
A wondeful tribute and beautiful heart breaking work ND! It is indeed tragic what people sacrifice especially when few really appreciate it or continue the ideals those men gave their lives to protect. While many bleed to grounds of foreign soil in wars they do not understand. Here at home the suits scrap over what it is they were truely fighting for. When all in all they were fighting so scraps wouldn't be necessary!

Well Done!

SCM


Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by shelby on Sunday, 27th May 2007 @ 03:24:23 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
THis touches me so deeply. I cannot even imagine..... I do know of the worry have some young men off right now in the family, and I am not the mother but the aunt in the situation and a cousin in the other..... Leaves a flood of emotions in the wake of the storms of war. Yes we must remember them, and the mothers and the wifes..... what an example of strength they carry, bravery as well. I loved this poem and the pic brought a tear or two to my eyes.

hugeee hugs
~Michelle~


Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Monday, 28th May 2007 @ 12:09:39 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
Omigosh ND ... that picture. As Laura said, it is so painfully haunting.

Thank you for this. It is exceptional, not only in word, but in the
sentiment as well. I can't imagine what it's like to be waiting
for a loved one to come home from such a cruel atrocity.
You have captured a moment here ... a moment of pain,
need and hope. Excellent work poet! It's so sad that the fate
of so many can be decided by suits cosied up in their little offices.

~Breezy


Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by myheartsvoice on Wednesday, 30th May 2007 @ 12:57:04 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
A stunning work a write of something that sadly will be with us i'm afraid as long as there is an us on this planet. Beautifuly pened and portrayed. another gem presented to all of us by you my friend.

((((ND))))


Ben


Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by MisfitMe on Monday, 11th June 2007 @ 06:59:36 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
This...

"I will sleep the motherless sleep of all my sisters."~you

has a stranglehold on my words...

BigLoveMuchPeace
~me



Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Monday, 11th June 2007 @ 10:22:27 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
Sadly, it seems,mothers have and will forever cry the sleepless night.
The picture was haunting and the words,simply perfect.Thank you,Needle

Den


Re: The Soldiers Pass (User Rating: 1 )
by Butterat_Zool on Wednesday, 27th June 2007 @ 01:20:19 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
Reminds me of "Facing it", by Yusef Komunyakaa. I don't get the word "motherless". Are you suggesting that you've lost your motherhood, or your mother? I think it would be stronger to make up a word there, like "desonned", or maybe "titleless". A powerful emotion. I'd like to see your take on the soldier's perspective next.




While every care is taken to ensure the general sites content is family safe, our moderators cannot be in all places; all the time. Please report poetry and or comments that are in breach of our site rules HERE (Please include poem title or url). Parents also please ensure that you supervise your children well when they are on the internet; regardless of what a site says about being, or being considered, child-safe.

Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. ©

Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster

All submitted items are Copyright © to their submitter. All the rest Copyright © 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.

Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com