Babylon Revisited

Babylon Revisited

Only Suffering

War started today,
our missiles banged
into Baghdad,
disappointment has crept
into my thoughts,
for my country
started the war.

We watched as
if we were innocent,
viewing scenes of death and
dying, strategies were
discussed as in sport,
all are guilty, like
the nazi’s, for not saying
no, for not protesting.

Each action will
be recorded, remembered,
discussed, so it will
never happen again, but
it will, it always does,
I wonder, who will be
remembered as being
right, no one yet knows.

I am saddened,
saddened that we forgot,
that war is hell and death
is forever, that prisoners
are tortured and war
never brings peace,
only suffering.

Dan Hanosh
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Vimy Ridge - Opening Battle of the Arras

Vimy Ridge – opening battle of the Arras

Most Americans have never heard of Vimy Ridge. Nor would they be expected too. Vimy Ridge was one of the largest battles in WWI. Just a hill, though it was held by the Germans. And no one ever expected to have taken it away from them . . . So many times it was tried and so many times it was met with failure. The French had lost 150,000 men in their attempts to take that ridge.

Finally, it was decided to give the Canadians at shot at the hill . . . And they trained behind the front on a hill similar to Vimy, four divisions, each with their own mission.

A week before the attack the Canadian troops, gave them hell by shelling their gun emplacements on the other side of the ridge. They issued the largest artillery barrage ever at that point. Over one million shells were fired on guns and troop trenches, with the help of observation balloons. And most of the guns destroyed. Canadian troops attacked . . . 100,000 men were to take the hill and hold it. And they did, with minimal losses.

Vimy Ridge Memorial

Dan Hanosh
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Whats in a name May 2 2007

What’s in a name May 2 2007?





What’s in a name? They’re used to define us. Give us uniqueness, a feature no two alike. And yet we all know that names are alike. But the way we use them, it seems to be ok.



But what’s in a name, that’s engraved on a wall? For these names represent one and all. We don’t mean to mistakenly present them and in most cases a name on a wall means this individual has given his all.



And what’s in a name on list? These individuals are uniquely the same for each has been listed by their surname with some quality common to all.



And what’s in a name on a book? These individuals stand out among the rest for they have experience more than us all. Though how could one name mean any more than another?



What with each of these names, Martin Luther, John, Abraham, Diana, Saul, Mahatma, Teddy, Teresa, Alexander, Solomon, Cleo, Julius, Leonidas, Adolf, Osama, Katrina, Wisconsin, New Mexico?



Names mean so many things. It’s surprising we can discern which is which . . .





Dan Hanosh

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The Civil War Truth . . . The Brave Few April 30 2007

The Civil War truth . . . The Brave Few April 30 2007

Ever wanted to feel the feelings during the fighting of the American Civil War, through the eyes of the soldier?

Civil War Poetry fills in so many pieces. Pieces that history never thought to be important . . . Things like, what it must have been like. Stories of fear, pain, sorrow the feelings closest to the battle field. In the words of poets like Stephen Crane, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr., Herman Melville, Henry Thoreau, Walt Whitman and many others.

Words written when it occurred, at the moment, the brave few picked up a pen and wrote a poem giving us glimpse into what it was like . . . To live, to fight, to die a soldier’s death.

Confederate Poetry:

The Jacket of Gray . . . By Caroline Augusta Ball 

Fold it up carefully, lay it aside;

Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride;

For dear to our hearts must it be evermore,

The jacket of gray our loved soldier-boy wore…

The Little Drummer Boy . . . By Fanny Falks

At the Prison Hospital, St. Louis

“Looking wishfully as if there was something still on his mind he said:

‘My Mother was a good woman, too. She would treat a poor sick

 prisoner

kindly, and if she were with your son she would kiss him.’”…

Confederate Civil War Poetry

Union Poetry:

O Captain! My Captain! . . . Walt Whitman

O Captain! my Captain! out fearful trip is done,

The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all Exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;

But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red,

where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead…

Killed At The Ford . . . By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He is dead, the beautiful youth,

The heart of honor, the tongue of truth,

He, the life and light of us all,

Whose voice was blithe as a bugle-call,

Whom all eyes followed with one consent,

The cheer of whose laugh, and whose pleasant word,

Hushed all murmurs of discontent…

Union Civil War Poetry

Dan Hanosh

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Of all the candidates two stand out

Of all the Candidates, two stand out

Dennis Kucinich and John Edwards stood out among all the Democratic Candidates . . . Mr. K. he would stop funding this Iraq crap instantly and Mr. E. he would help the world and give back the America that has been hijacked by the greedy . . .

And the rest, the just murmured in the background . . . The same promises, with stipulations . . . I’m tired of failure, I’m tired of the hatred, of war and hunger in the world. Ask yourself why? Why are gas prices growing at a ridiculous rate?

Believe what you will, but I won’t do the same . . . All you have to do is look at their income sheet and then you’ll know . . .

In this election, I’m not looking for more of the same . . . Not a wiry Bush, nor a sly Clinton. Obama, I’m not sure he can see anything but color . . . That’s not who I am. The man from New Mexico certainly is wise and so is the one with Rode Island ties. Although I’m not sure where they stand, they may just be another company man.

The others I don’t think will be much a treat and yet their there to take my time away from me. And I wonder, when is someone going to rise above the hate, to unite the great states, to build the American Dream once more.

Dan Hanosh
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