Border Wars A Kickit Challenge

by Yankee4youSt. Albans, Vermont, USA

Jul 2012 709 Views 8 comments

Border Wars (A Kickit Challenge)

A thousand steps walking a crooked fence
Meanders across a craggy rock strewn field
This boundary only makes little sense
A clumsy border to keep one's eyes peeled

Tufts of grass ring the badly cratered ground
Jagged shards of twisted steel lie in rust
Only a monstrous waste of life be found
Threads in between the warring tribes of trust

If only glory could walk a fabled past
Across a barbed and razor sharpenned wire
Would anyone give hope for peace to last
A much better reason for a cease fire

When borders cease to create a barrier
Indeed the whole world becomes merrier

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Posted: Jul 2012

About this poem:

Inspired by Kickit's openning line...which happenned to be fortuitous
pentameter for my fav sonnet style....my poem envisions a disputed border fence as a symbol of mistrust....

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Comments (8)

kickit22auburn, Washington USAJul 4, 2012

Hi Yankee,

Whoa, this is so full of emotion wow.. I am so honoured for my two little lines were such an inspiration to so many poets and poems on here it is just amazing how we have all come together, what ever fences were put up here on c.s. I think they have now been taking down.. what a fantastic poem you created... I am so impressed..

kickit..

lucy1777Broken Arrow Oklahoma, Oklahoma USAJul 4, 2012

Wonderful job as always Yankee! You sure have perfected the sonnet style!

Yankee4youOPSt. Albans, Vermont USAJul 5, 2012

Kickit....Thank you my friend for creating such an opportunity to inspire others....

Yankee4youOPSt. Albans, Vermont USAJul 5, 2012

Thanks Lucy..... I took the ball that was handed to me and ran with it... :))))

gnj4uBoston, Massachusetts USAJul 5, 2012

Hi, Yankee4you,
Yes. Trust, not borders, needs mending. As Frost cites, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall..." I like your sonnet and its message. When borders cease to create a barrier Indeed the whole world becomes merrier