Swords to Plowshares
Swords to Plowshares
( original poem )
© 2001 Frederick Kesner
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Field of crop,
once a battlefield,
feeds a remnant -
young gave up lives
so this plot of land
might remain, fly its flag
and export
blood-bought grain.
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On the occasion of ANZAC Day
25 April 2009
In memory of my granddad (R.I.P.) who served with the USAFFE in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam this ANZAC weekend.
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