April 16th 2003 -
April 5th 2004

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Iraq generation
Nobody gets off
the Bush

Serge

 

exporting
far-west
to Irak

Daniel

blood,
sweat and tears
for oil

for many,
the sad celebration
of victory

over
never
war

when Johnny
comes marching home
minus a few

J.D. Heskin
Duluth, Minnesota

 

 

It takes so much more
than a village to lose an idiot
and elect him President.

thomas fortenberry

 

WMD
171,874 job cuts
in October

Serge

 

 

Fall --
the first deserters
of the Empire

Serge

 

USA
ever so slowly
loosing

 

the war " over "
their dead
keep coming home

 

desert sand
redder and redder --
an Empire's setting

Daniel

yellow alert
no terrorist
but the ozone level

Cindy

 

diarrhoea, cholera
a humanitarian gift
to Iraqi children

Daniel

 

sudden gust --
who spreads monkeypox
in the evening

Serge

 

Peace crusade aborts
Iraqi oil confiscated
as expected

 

Baghdad
turned to
Mac-dad ?

Daniel

 

thank goodness!
another U.S. bean counter
to govern Free Iraq

Paul

 

All Iraki survivors
not yet liberated
(from America[ns])

Daniel

 

pax americana :
they secure the wells
and fire in the crowd

 

no war for oil !
the black stain on the ground
where he burnt

Serge

 

Fighting in Baghdad
The eggs stick
to my pan

Daniel

surprise!
liberated Iraq
isn't voting Republican

Paul David Mena

 

soon the night --
looters, scavengers and
Americans at work

Serge

 

 

 

 

 

far wars
Death makes nearer
every distance


Moussia - Roma

 

replacements off to have their heads hunted in the light

marlene

 

this Fall more fall in Baghdad and some will never be dads

sprite

 

end of war--
the child talks to
three monkeys

Gene

 

 

Iraq :
another nightmare
in two syllables

Serge

 

 

morning news
some bacon grease
on the watergate scandal*

Cindy

 

 

one, two, three Vietnams...
each day its American
killed for oil

Che Guevara's prophecy
Serge

 

 

dressing up their dead
with flags
and words

Daniel

sudden gust --
who spreads monkeypox
in the evening

Serge (06/12)

 

the clomp of heavy blade
above the streets
today's helicopter wars

benita

 

 

even if the peace lily could talk who would listen to a flower

Cindy

 

made in U.S.A
to look at world in pink
Barbie's glasses

Moussia

 

a slow sadness sips
insidiously inside my soul
the haiku wars
by poets claiming to be
against the war

sprite

 

Desert camouflage -
bad deeds
turned into
good ones

Daniel

 

veiling wind
over the face of the desert-
nobody sees the pain.

thousands of voices-
a voice
in the wilderness.

it's late
your son to join the boys-
the scargoats went away...

Ginka Biliarska-Bulgaria

 

 

 

no more 'stop the presses' we'll get 'em with bullets

Cindy

 

deck of cards checkpoint, look out, saddam, don't make me shuffle

Cindy

 

pax augusta
the emperor thinks of new conquests
his lost leg the veteran

Moussia

 

 

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