Poetry: Broken victory 13 Articles

by Ian Jordan

can you curse someone to death? can victory come from defeat? to some it would be a threat a crying victim of deceit pull out and be not a solider no heroes in my lifetime have lived long look at you now and c...read more

by Johanna Taylor

A soldier stood silhouetted in the moonlight. He wearily placed the flag of his victory on a pile of rubble that had been the center of town. He gazed over the place that had been a city only this morning, ruined by th...read more

by Jillian Zabelin

I love Chopin as well the Beijing Opera I studied neither I love the arts as well as the sciences I pursued neither I love sports as well as dancing I practiced neither I loved archeology as well as genetics I major...read more

by Ed Ostrom

O Lord now to You I pray, I am a broken vessel today, Come now with my brokenness deal, My fainting heart come now heal, In the midst of adversity, In You may I find victory, O come in this trying hour, O Lord be my...read more

by Russell Holder

"A whole sea of tranquility" Why was it we had to go to the moon in order to find tranquility? Left our footprints there... and our flag and a lot of memories... our dream achieved. Truly "that's one small ste...read more

by Megan Deroche

SKELETONS Their mouths, always full of pills. Their eyes, sunken, red as ripe cherries. Pupils, sometimes large as marbles. Their cheeks, rotted like a gutted pumpkin in the October sun. Their pale skin, str...read more

by AMERICAN MAN

~=A SOLDIERS FORTUNE LOST=~ I fight not for your lord virgins or afterlife are not of moral accord Being born in a land of fools I learned the rules of defeat are to end your fight at some lords feet I would ...read more

by Mascaretta Shamoo

In Spirit, overloaded with our sin, No strength left within, Drained by the persecution and lies, Denied by his friends, Willing to suffer all and be our blood sacrificial lamb, Not deserving as we, We, who, commit...read more

by Robert Anderson

All Or Nothing The battles been played and I have won Emotions now lost where tears only run Relations now broken no chance for return With our lizard skins on we dry in the sun Reflecting on moments of how this b...read more

by R Velho

I stumble on knots that ooze from flesh as my virgin bride fails to meet my eyes, Instead a bittersweet concoction of blood, and excrement rises in welcome to my cries. My last moments are witness to the squall of battle...read more

by Anita Carter

Her Broken Victory She wanted it more than life. She wanted to help those in need. She wanted to be a missionary doctor. She studied hard. She studied long. She studied, as if someone's life depended on her. ...read more

by Michelle Daun

Victory can be determined in many different ways by many different people. Victory is what you make of it. Victory can be anything from a sport to a dream. I am going to define this victory to be the battle of depression...read more

by Two one three four six six

I have been working since morning, working hard, and not just today, but every day for ages, and using my brain, and using my strength, and working hard and thinking hard and getting somewhere, so when you look down ...read more