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The Broken Promise

Inge Meldgaard

We fight
We kill ~
Will we never find a way
to live peacefully with each other;
The Cross
The Crescent
The Star?

Blood spills,
Children scream
as women are beaten and raped ~
In the name of whose God,
these deeds
of shame
and horror?

Silent witnesses,
Innocent victims,
Hands raised, voices pleading, eyes weeping ~
When will we end this nightmare?
Leaden skies,
Rain falls;
I weep.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXXAXXX XXXXXXA XXXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 362
Words 69
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7
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Inge Meldgaard

Born in Denmark in 1953, I migrated to Australia with my family in 1957. After spending my school years in Yallourn, I moved to Melbourne in 1970 to attend Monash University. Having graduated with a science degree in 1975, I worked in various fields, such as youth work, teaching, politics (with a special interest in the natural environment), social research, community development, and finally, information technology. I have also completed two graduate diplomas: one in sociology and the other in information technology, both at Swinburne University. Now retired, my last position was as an IT Manager at Monash University. Gardening, art, poetry and writing have also been life-long interests.I have recently published my first book, 'The Cicada', which is a crime/mystery novel, set in Australia, four hundred years into the future.Website: ingemeldgaard.daportfolio.com more…

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