Oil painting copy of The Sistine Madonna
by Raphael
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Where once a great prophet sat to teach
Little children play upon the beach
Someone loads a shell into the breach
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Or was it a landmine beneath the sand
The mindless act of a dead man’s hand
Part of the madness of the Holy Land
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For the truth is always the first to die
When all around we defend a lie
And hell is the sound of a child’s cry
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Where once angelic angels did descend
With love not anger to defend
What men would kill, little children then?
Little children play upon the beach
Someone loads a shell into the breach
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Or was it a landmine beneath the sand
The mindless act of a dead man’s hand
Part of the madness of the Holy Land
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For the truth is always the first to die
When all around we defend a lie
And hell is the sound of a child’s cry
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Where once angelic angels did descend
With love not anger to defend
What men would kill, little children then?
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Pencil drawing
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14 comments:
That touched me so much, there is no 'Divine' War..stunning drawings :)
A very sad and true poem...by some chance is it hard to sketch two people together like this? I wish I could sketch the such even though if it is cartoonist style.
"And hell is the sound of a child’s cry"
I so agree with you, Nick!
But who is a child in this blogland?
I feel I beget thousands children here, of all age range....its only a matter of understanding the other...seeing the Self in the other..
"Where once angelic angels did descend
With love not anger to defend
What men would kill, little children then?"
True, Very True...
Angels can't save the world, though...
Its for one to decide not to hurt the other...
Having said that, I don't take a single hurt to my heart...i give it back the same instant...
Knowingly I never hurt someone at the first instant..But hurting an another causes an equal wrath in me...
I don't know -- your poem makes me talk of the happenings of the blogland; not the Holy Land...
Thank you Nick, I loved the art there, too
wishes,
devika
Somehow it reminded me of Dante Alighieri's work.
Nice work and thoughtful poem. One day, man may realise that we are ALL connected and when we strike against someone, we are really striking against ourselves too.
In this fine post I see your skill and commitment in drawing and poetry.
very powerful!
the poignancy is palpable..
Very touching and great painting.
Your poem is touching Nick..thank you for sharing something very important that we need to be reminded of constantly..the "shame in war".
I know it's quite dreadful the lack of maturity when it comes to the lack of morality and lack of shame when in war they kill the innocent and always blame the other side...both sides are always guilty..it makes me want to just cry tears of such sadness.
Your pencil drawing is very good.
May we all wish for peace and a better world..all these lessons that keep coming our way...you'd think we would have learned more than we have by now...but not to give up hope..we must never do that..
Blessings,
Rhi
That's an awesome piece of drawing Nick
Oh so beautiful, in word and picture... you heart is so sensative and profound.
Thanks for sharing your heart with your pen and paints....
LOL:Wanda
A beautiful powerful and moving post both in word and painting Nick.
I like this pencil drawing.
I write reviews of other friends' literature and paintings, too. You can see one of the reviews of a pencil drawing here:
PENCIL DRAWING OF A NUDE
Naval Langa
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