tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post6496008601439180149..comments2024-03-18T20:40:13.102-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Parade Haiku by Gail OareChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-82030764675621392682018-05-26T10:41:03.637-04:002018-05-26T10:41:03.637-04:00Two more poems that take a critical look at waging...Two more poems that take a critical look at waging war:<br /><br />taking me out of the war the war<br /><br />Biding Time: Selected Poems 2001-2013, 2013<br /><br />H. Gene Murtha<br /><br />a dark side<br />to the memorial<br />fading light<br />renders all<br />soldiers unknown<br /><br />Skylark, 4:1, summer 2016<br /><br />Tim Gardiner<br /> Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-79882527468247658172018-05-26T10:34:00.589-04:002018-05-26T10:34:00.589-04:00L1 sets the theme and mood while the unexpected ye...L1 sets the theme and mood while the unexpected yet sociopolitically significant and emotionally powerful last line could be read an implicit authorial critique of the functional role/meaning of L1. <br /><br />This sociopolitically charged haiku reminds me of the most in/famous WWI slogan, "The war to end all wars," a political slogan originally idealistic but now used mainly sardonically.<br /><br /><br />Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.<br />-- George SantayanaChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com