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Mar 07, 2022
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SOS: Mariupol
I heard you have been starved
I'm told you are too weak to cry
Your face too dry to smile
Your feet too feeble to flee
I saw your home bombarded
Thick smokes eclipse your blue skies
I'm sure your sun is unwilling to shine
Even your moon ashamed to glitter
You took a cue from Babylon
And Kalmius now chorus her sad tales
Wailing to Azov's feet
Not a single grain found on her fertile soil
O my sweet Mariupol
Hold on one more day if you can
I'm coming dressed in legions
Succour and doves are with me
To set you free from captivity
— Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu, Mar 07, 2022
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About This Poem
Last Few Words: Mariupol is a city in Ukraine under siege by the Russian forces. This poem is a beautiful way to offer the people there hope and call for them to be rescued.
Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft
Critiques
Tracey Underwood
4 years 3 months ago
Wonderful
What a great tribute to a sad happening. Hopefully those who are affected will see this and feel a sense of hope. Thanks for sharing.
Ifeanyichukwu …
4 years 3 months ago
Thanks Tracey. Hopefully they
Thanks Tracey. Hopefully they and those that matter will see this. Peace is essential. I appreciate your feedback.
scribbler
4 years 3 months ago
A vert good poem
of the current war raging in Ukraine. Regrettably if they are waiting for biden to help they will have a very long wait because he has been bought off by the russians
Ifeanyichukwu …
4 years 3 months ago
Hmm. What nerve! Biden got no
Hmm. What nerve! Biden got no conscience if actually he's been bought over by Putin. And I wonder why the world looks on and the destruction lingers and human lives wasted.
Geezer
4 years 3 months ago
You have created...
a great poem! You have told the story, with a good deal of wisdom and super lines! Very nice! ~ Geezer.
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Ifeanyichukwu …
4 years 3 months ago
Thank you Geezer for your
Thank you Geezer for your time and kind appreciation of the poem.
Geezer
4 years 3 months ago
Let's not get...
into any political fights here! If you want to debate who is to fault, we can duke it out on FB! ~ Geez.
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