War 2022
by Charlie Brice / March 27th, 2022
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no one knows where
kindness hides in the minds
of leaders in the lives of
followers anterior to the motives
of police armed against shame
inside tyrants with armies armed
against mercy in the souls of beggars
who murder choosers
He cried
she screamed
baby keened
dog squealed in pain
can’t find the cat
Raggedy Ann’s burned face
Living room
dead room
kitchen gone
playroom destroyed
feathers
papers
where did our bedroom go
Holy Father
Prince of Peace
where are you
napping
Context nuance complexity
censored forbidden forsaken
concealed Top Secret
cancelled
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Charlie Brice won the 2020 Field Guide Poetry Magazine Poetry Contest and placed third in the 2021 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize. His chapbook, All the Songs Sung (Angel Flight Press), and his fourth poetry collection, The Broad Grin of Eternity (WordTech Editions) arrived in 2021. His poetry has been nominated twice for the Best of Net Anthology and three times for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in Chiron Review, The Honest Ulsterman, Ibbetson Street, The Paterson Literary Review, Impspired Magazine, Muddy River Poetry Review, and elsewhere.
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This article was posted on Sunday, March 27th, 2022 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.
