<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=474176" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Widows And Warriors</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Widows and Warriors </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> <br>On the plateau a file of women, all in black, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">war widows waiting to be given tea, bread</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and rice from two men in a pickup truck.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The men spoke hoarsely, scurrying them on, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">found their work shameful, would rather have</div><div style="margin:10px 0">been up on the mountain fighting, thought</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the women superfluous. They had given birth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to sons who now fought in war and to daughters</div><div style="margin:10px 0">married to warriors on the mountain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The women didn’t look the men in the eyes, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">spoke softly and briefly amongst themselves</div><div style="margin:10px 0">about the health of their grandchildren. They</div><div style="margin:10px 0">had miles to walk, back down to meagre soil</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and skinny goats.<br> <br>Soul to Soul is a literary journal<br>Editor/Publisher: Joneve McCormick<br>Written by Jan Oskar Hansen</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Oskar+Hansen">Oskar Hansen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=474176" data-title="Widows And Warriors de Oskar Hansen" data-description="Widows and Warriors On the plateau a file of women, all in black, war widows waiting to be given tea, bread and rice from two men in a pickup truck. The men spoke hoarsely, scurrying them on, found their work shameful, would rather have ..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black