WAR IS PASSION - My new take on a Poem I wrote over 20 years ago.
"War is Passion, War is Pain, War is Living, and Taking life away." - I remember writing these first two lines in the back of my English textbook during secondary school history class. I couldn't tell you what inspired me. Writing poetry had never occurred to me before, but before I knew what was happening, I had written a 26-line poem about the horrors of a World War 2 battlefield. For over 20 years I kept that poem in a drawer until I became a teacher. I read it again, and it sparked a passion in me I never thought I had: writing verse. Not having ever been taught about poetry myself, I made it my mantra to teach poetry in a fun, interactive way to every student who stepped through my door. I couldn't agree more with 18th US President Ulysses Grant when he stated that "War never Changes". I read my poem again recently, and it dawned on me that the horrors of war I described are as present today as they were over 75 years ago. This thought inspired me to t...
