tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146110482009-02-20T20:49:48.240-08:00War Cries is the Blog of Christian M Benedetto Jr. It if named after his first book of Poetry. His second book "Beauty and the Beast - a collection of love poems" is do out in mid august 2005christian benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275619865719567361noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14611048.post-1121741499339823262005-07-18T19:48:00.000-07:002005-07-18T19:51:39.346-07:00<strong>War Cry</strong><br /><br />We painted our faces,<br />We cut off our hair,<br />We lived like a noble nomad tribe,<br />We hunted in packs<br /><br />We took care of each other<br />We traveled light<br />We ate what we could<br />We called each other Brother<br /><br />We prayed each day for a new foe<br />We drilled and we trained<br />We had our own special War dance<br />We “yelped” and we “yelled” our War Cry<br /><br />Each day we asked for a battle<br />Each night we lay sleeping itching to fight<br />Each meal was a feast<br />Each formation a family reunion<br /><br />My whole life is a mess – except for the success and excess<br />Thanks to those thousand plus days <br />I think I may have shattered the rest of my years<br />Why oh, why, did I every yearn to make a War Cry<br /><br />We killed and we maimed<br />We did this for thirty dollars a day<br />We took life, from the lucky<br />We left the unlucky to live<br /><br />Each night I wonder and shake<br />Fears I had none, Tears I shed less<br />A grown man near forty<br />Today I have a new <em><strong>“War Cry”</strong></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14611048-112174149933982326?l=tangentialbeast.blogspot.com'/></div>christian benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275619865719567361noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14611048.post-1121739674898729512005-07-18T19:20:00.000-07:002005-07-18T19:21:14.903-07:00War Cries is now available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com">www.amazon.com</a><br /><br />search War Cries Benedetto<br /><br />thank you<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14611048-112173967489872951?l=tangentialbeast.blogspot.com'/></div>christian benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275619865719567361noreply@blogger.com0