The Luxury of Peace
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem
Long centuries before the growth of hate
With Rome’s warmongering, the Greeks emerged
With games of dithyrambs and sport, a spate
Of comedy and tragedy that purged.
The irony is tyrants helped to cause
This strange fresh crop. The fortunes that they blew
Required remodelled dreaming and new laws.
When naked athlete, tensed and straining, threw
His javelin, he became a star
More wonderful than murderers called kings
And generals, if, that is, he threw it far
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Enough. It seemed humanity grew wings.
..The soaring poet and musician took
….The prize, not soldiers. Our old world shook.