Tag Archives: antiwar poems

War Is Great Waste

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Steve Simms

War is a great waste of human life, wealth, and resources. It is humanity’s biggest failure. War is a great waste.It is built and basedOn terrible crueltyYet some people make hasteTo spread and to tasteThe hell of its horror. It’s … Continue reading →

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War’s “rat-a-tat-tat”

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Steve Simms

All’s unfair in warfare.Here’s the deal.It all depends on peopleObeying orders to kill. Combat isCompetitiveCruelty.Bombardment isMercilessBlasting. War is hating And killing people Based on their nationality. It’s compassionless Irrationality. War is portrayed As kill or be killed, But it’s really … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial & remembering 3 short poems

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Steve Simms

The first week in March, I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall with the names of 58,267 people of my generation who were killed or missing in that war. This morning I woke up remembering 3 short poems that I … Continue reading →

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