On Heroic Monuments – ABC Poem – April 3, 2016

by Georgia

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โ€œAfter all is said and done
Bravery isnโ€™t really
Courage.โ€
Dangling from a swing Jim said,
Even-toned and earnest.
โ€œFancy words and
Gorgeous monuments,
Hail the heroโ€™s deeds,
Itโ€™s inevitable, even
Justifiable, to forget that they were men.
Knowledge of their frailties,
Lamentable bad habits and
Marred moral make-up may
Never be known at all โ€“
Of course that changes nothing
Providing that we know that theyโ€™re
Quite like you or me.โ€
โ€œRidiculous!โ€ young Edward shouted,
Seriously offended.
โ€œThat is a shabby thing to say my boy,
Ugly, I say and
Very shabby indeed, about those whoโ€™ve saved the day!โ€
โ€œWhy Eddy boy donโ€™t get het up over some
Xeroxed copied heroes, hail rather those poor guys,
Yes those young bloods,
Zapped andย nameless who fell by the tons.โ€

ยฉ G.s.k. โ€˜16

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(Today being Sunday, ย there is no A to Z Poem but I did want to stay in theme so I wrote an ABC Poem, which by the way was a challenge put up by our host Harry back in 2013! ย  Have a great day!)

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8 Comments to “On Heroic Monuments – ABC Poem – April 3, 2016”

  1. I love your ABC poem, Georgia ๐Ÿ™‚ mind if I reblog? cheers!

  2. Reblogged this on ladyleemanila and commented:
    a lovely ABC poem, thanks, Georgia ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. Great poem. I signed up to the challenge yesterday and will be joining A-Z April from Monday. Challenging but really good fun.

  4. Should i re-run the ABC challenge ?

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