Poets Against War continues the tradition of socially engaged poetry by creating venues for poetry as a voice against war, tyranny and oppression.
Doug Thiele
Doug Thiele holds an MA in Creative Writing from Indiana University. His last chapbook, "Like Chinese Milk," is available on Amazon.com. His song lyrics have been recorded by major artists.
Successful War By Doug Thiele
Coming right down to it It was a successful war Plenty of speeches at the start Plenty of blood of young boys And of course the other innocents In the horror-filled middle And at the end All the flags lovingly draped
You say the war failed the war didn’t fail The soldiers did their part The innocents died as anticipated And the lovely flags were well-draped
Only you were on the losing side You made desperate instant refugees In the broken streets of Baghdad You lost and it will be a proper retreat And the war will be successful There was the winner There were the losers There were many dead And you played your part
What more do you want? What else did you expect?
DESERT WARFARE by Doug Thiele
I am the child I am the child under the rubble beneath the broken palm bulldozed under beside the scorched dates
I am the child I am the child crushed no eyes one of forty thousand a receiver of your anonymous death
I am the child I am the child you did not see from your cockpits nor did you see my grieving mother
I am the child I am the child bathed in bullets swaddled in ashes beyond your caring beneath your contempt
