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[gnutmeg]

April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, I am posting one of my poems every day. You can play along too! Or, if you don't write, post a poem that you love. I would love to see my friendslist filled with poetry all through April.


Summer's Army

an ice cream truck chimes its warcry
calling forth the troups
barefoot
running over dirty pavement

sitting on the doorstep with a smile
watching
these tiny soldiers of summer
select their weapons

Comments

[lauraorganasolo.livejournal.com]

That's an amusing and really interesting metaphor. There's potential for quite a few different readings.

So most likely children are said soldiers, yes? Why are they like soldiers of summer? Because it is their battlefield of sorts? Because summer brings armies of children? X3 Because they hurt one another? But that seems unlikely since ice cream is their weapon. *chuckles*

Interesting...

[lirimaer.livejournal.com]

Because children are the only ones who truly understand how to enjoy summer, so they are the warriors for the joy it should be.

[lauraorganasolo.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh. ^____^ Very nice.