Of War & the Human Condition: An Anthology

By Jasmine Fernandez and Juhee Singh

This anthology brings before you impressions of war, its impact, lasting loss, and pain from poets around the world. It is only befitting that we talk about it before it is too late as our world dwindles into nothing. Asking questions about ethics, responsibility, and action, this collection seeks to touch a chord with those who watch the world with horror in these tensions of war. Despite our history, we are still not over with our greed. We still do not learn what it is to live and love in peace. The editors of this collection welcome you, dear reader, to get a glimpse of these worlds. We hope this work will touch your souls and make you one with them and push you to contribute to the eradication of war in your ways.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookRix
• Release date: Jul 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9783755416791

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DEDICATED TO HUMANITY AS A PLEA FOR PEACE

From Writers Around the World

Foreword

We are but an amalgamation of our thoughts, feelings, responses, and lived experiences. This anthology brings before you - impressions of war, its impact, lasting loss, and pain from poets around the world. It is only befitting that we talk about it before it is too late as our world dwindles into nothing. Asking questions about ethics, responsibility, and action, this collection seeks to touch a chord with those who watch the world with horror in these tensions of war. Despite our history, we are still not over with our greed. We still do not learn what it is to live and love in peace. The editors of this collection welcome you, dear reader, to get a glimpse of these worlds. We hope this work will touch your souls and make you one with them and push you to contribute to the eradication of war in your ways.

Editors:

Jasmine Fernandez, Ph.D.  & Juhee Singh, Ph.D.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Poets

A Hibakusha’s Lament, April 1946 by Richard Oyama

A Question by Vanessa Caraveo

A Raw War by Nidhi Modhi

A Single Soul Suffering Is Too Great a Price by Linda M. Crate

Broken by Jasmine Fernandez

Chronicles 7:14 by Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo

Forget Me by Emanuele Micali

Gazelle by Richard Oyama

Homicidal Vanity Called War by Vinod Venugopal 

I am the Dream and Nightmare by Evie Groch

...it was a Night of Crimson Red by Mahbubat Salahudeen

In the Dusty Sleepy Lands by Juhee Singh 

No More Words About the War by Maid Corbic

Taking Root Where Others Are Slow to Grow by Evie Groch

The Nameless Lives by Jasmine Fernandez

The Cause of War by Binod Dawadi

The Hearts of Men by Linda M. Crate

The Orphans Richard Oyama

Unchronicled by Evie Groch

Ukraine by W Roger Carlisle 

War and Humans by Priti Dhopte

War Is a Monster by Linda M. Crate

War Song by Jasmine Fernandez

Water or Speed by Karen Lethlean

1. Introduction to the authors

Binod Dawadi is from Kathmandu, Nepal. He has completed his Master’s Degree in English from Tribhuvan University. He likes to read and write literary forms. He has composed many stories and poems in many